Ostendio Blog

Today we announced an exciting new addition to the Ostendio MyVCM platform - MyVCM Auditor Connect. You can read the press release here, but I...

There is no single industry with greater sensitivity to data breaches than healthcare. But unfortunately, breaches across healthcare companies,...

When you think about protecting sensitive data, do you think about privacy or security? It’s a trick question because the answer should be “Both.”...

Healthcare data breaches account for over 22% of the data breaches so far in 2017. To put a number on it, that’s nearly 2 million health data...

Are you considering HITRUST but haven’t yet put your HIPAA house in order? That’s similar to starting college when you’ve not yet earned your high...

Ransomware is growing in popularity because it works. A recently released study by Google estimates that ransomware victims have paid over $25million...

Why is healthcare so heavily and successfully targeted by cybercrime? It’s a tough question, but after a record number of breaches last year – nearly...

According to research conducted by Intel in 2015, avoiding breaches and associated business impacts is the top privacy and security concern across...

This week we saw yet another cybercrime attack on a large hospital system. This is the latest in a series of apparent ransomware attacks starting in...

Apple held their latest product unveil earlier this week and of course there was the obligatory newest iPhone announcement. What was more interesting...

Hospitals: The New Frontier for Medical Device Cybercrime As I penned my most recent blog last week, I did not expect to have a new healthcare...

By now you may have heard about the recent ransom attack at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Hackers held the hospital’s electronics medical...

  In Part 1 of this blog, I discussed 2 key reasons why we should expect a rise in the number of healthcare data breaches: No. 1 The rise of the...

Digital health companies are rapidly becoming the new frontline for data security in the healthcare industry. This year alone we have seen almost 100...

This article first appeared on 1776dc.com on November 14, 2014.  We are all used to the steps banks take to protect our financial information. They...

  Following Julie Brill’s comments earlier this year about “consumer generated health data” where she clearly implied that the Federal Trade...

This article first appeared on 1776dc.com on January 7th, 2014.  (Photo courtesy of Flickr / USDA) I typically can tell if a health-tech startup...

Bradley Merrill Thompson follows up his first article by responding to comments made by athenahealth’s VP of Government Affairs, Mr. Dan Haley. You...

  Bradley Merrill Thompson publishes a great piece offering 5 factual reasons why we should all support publication of the FDA mobile medical app...