Hospitals Targeted by Cyber Attack During Covid Crisis

Cyber-criminals and pariah nation-states are taking advantage of the disruption caused by the pandemic to run amok.  Few things elicit the question of ethics than a lawyer chasing an ambulance leaving a road traffic accident or a hacker targeting a hospital during a global crisis, but the latter is precisely what has been happening since February. The public and government officials alike, are outraged that cyber criminals would target...

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Covid-19 kills off 'Suprise' or 'Balance Billing'

Surprise Billing is a major cause of bankruptcy each year The despised practice by healthcare providers of ‘surprising billing’ where the gap between what your health insurance regards as a fair and equitable charge for services and what your medical provider actually charges for that service, has been essentially outlawed during the Coronavirus epidemic.The Department of Health and Human Services which is providing emergency funding to providers...

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Business Continuity and Securing a Remote Workforce during a Pandemic Crisis

How to survive the transition from two office locations to 25,000 and still remain secure. The COVID-19 pandemic has critically changed the traditional concept of work for a major part of the workforce, possibly forever, as office staff work from home, and traveling salesmen work opportunities by video conference with customers. But what are the implications of this change for corporate cybersecurity and how can CIOs and CISOs adapt...

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