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MediSecure data breach impacted 12.9 million individuals

Security Affairs

million Australians who used the MediSecure prescription delivery service during the approximate period of March 2019 to November 2023 are impacted by this Incident based on individuals’ healthcare identifiers. . “MediSecure can confirm that approximately 12.9 ” reads a company’s statement on cyber security incident.

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How to Prepare for the Future of Healthcare Digital Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In this blog post, I’ll discuss how healthcare enterprises can not only meet these challenges, but go beyond compliance to best practice to secure their data and their reputations. The Meaningful Use portion of the HITECH Act provided healthcare organizations a carrot to encourage the adoption of electronic health records.

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MediSecure data breach impacted 12.9 million individuals

Security Affairs

million Australians who used the MediSecure prescription delivery service during the approximate period of March 2019 to November 2023 are impacted by this Incident based on individuals’ healthcare identifiers. . “MediSecure can confirm that approximately 12.9 ” reads a company’s statement on cyber security incident.

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GUEST ESSAY: Recalibrating critical infrastructure security in the wake of evolving threats

The Last Watchdog

in different industries, including energy, manufacturing, and healthcare. A data diode facilitates a uni-directional stream of information from one device to another, preventing bi-directional data flow. A data guard, meanwhile, ensures that only the intended structured and unstructured data is transferred across these networks.

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NEWS ANALYSIS Q&A: The early going of Generative AI and LLMs impacting cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

These technologies enable our platform to process and analyze large amounts of structured and unstructured data, empowering our advanced threat intelligence and cybersecurity solutions. LW: Tell us a bit about Resecurity’s implementation. Loveland: We’ve integrated GenAI and LLM into our services platform.

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How Machine Learning Can Accelerate and Improve the Accuracy of Sensitive Data Classification

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Part of this process includes identifying where and how data is stored—on-premises, in third-party servers or in the cloud. While an organization might already know the location of structured data such as a primary customer database store, unstructured data (such as that found in stray files and emails) is more difficult to locate.

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7 Key Takeaways From IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024

Security Boulevard

million Healthcare remains the costliest industry for breaches at $9.8 This data is often invisible to security teams, making it difficult to track, classify, and secure. Security teams can easily track, classify, and secure shadow data while reducing the risk of breaches. While the report highlighted a 10.6%