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Inside the DemandScience by Pure Incubation Data Breach

Troy Hunt

Apparently, before a child reaches the age of 13, advertisers will have gathered more 72 million data points on them. I knew I'd seen a metric about this sometime recently, so I went looking for "7,000", which perfectly illustrates how unaware we are of the extent of data collection on all of us.

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Healthcare – Patient or Perpetrator? – The Cybercriminals Within

Security Affairs

The healthcare industry might be known for the work it does to treat patients. With copious amounts of data collected by healthcare facilities, cybercriminals often target such entities. Moreover, the healthcare industry collects unique data, known as Protected Health Information (PHI), which is extremely valuable.

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Addressing the Unique Obstacles in Healthcare Through Policy-Based Access Control

CyberSecurity Insiders

In particular, the need for smart technology that manages who can access what and when is at high demand within the healthcare industry. This balancing act often leaves healthcare providers with a series of obstacles during critical circumstances. Data’s Lifetime Impact. Consumer Expectations.

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Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity

Schneier on Security

As Web technologies matured, the focus shifted to protecting the vast amounts of data flowing through online systems. This enables the implementation of defense-in-depth strategies—from cryptographic verification of training data to robust model architectures to interpretable outputs. This is Web 2.0:

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How we can secure the future of healthcare and telemedicine

CyberSecurity Insiders

It is no secret that healthcare systems around the globe are facing unprecedented challenges. Beyond the obvious spectre of the pandemic, health services need to provide a growing, increasingly elderly, population, with quality healthcare despite rising costs. How healthcare has transformed during the pandemic.

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The Role of Differential Privacy in Protecting Sensitive Information in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Security Affairs

This article uses differential privacy in healthcare, finance, and government data analytics to explore the mathematical foundation, implementation strategies, and real-world applications of differential privacy. According to Erlingsson (2014), Google’s RAPPOR system collects user data while maintaining anonymity.

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IoT Devices and HIPAA Compliance: 6 Things Healthcare Orgs Must Know

SecureWorld News

This is particularly true within healthcare environments where IoT is also increasingly used, and where HIPAA compliance must also be addressed when IoT products are used by covered entities (CEs) and their business associates (BAs). Medical data was taken in 22% of breaches caused by insiders, mostly within healthcare providers.

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