The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing an update to the HIPAA Security Rule that will force healthcare organizations to improve their cybersecurity measures. This update comes amid growing data breaches in the healthcare industry. Proposed amendments consist of best practices in cybersecurity like multifactor authentication, encryption of electronic protected health information, network segmentation, and vulnerability scanning.

The NHS needs to tighten its third-party supplier cybersecurity
The NHS should proactively fortify cybersecurity within its third-party software suppliers following recent damaging ransomware attacks, says Jonathan Lee from Trend Micro. He suggests implementing