Following news that a cyber-attack on a major IT provider of the NHS, Advanced, has been confirmed as a ransomware attack (NHS IT supplier held to ransom by hackers - BBC News), Erfan Shadabi, Cybersecurity Expert at comforte AG, explains further about attacks on healthcare providers:
Healthcare providers and related corporations – such as third-party service providers- are among the most highly regulated organizations in any market. The reason is obvious: they collect and handle some of the most sensitive personal data about an individual. The report that a major IT provider of the NHS has experienced a ransomware attack should trigger alarm bells within any similar provider. The best way to mitigate such cyberattacks is to safeguard sensitive records such as medical information through a data-centric approach. Data-centric methods such as tokenization replace sensitive data elements with tokens that maintain the analytic value of the data while obscuring the actual sensitive information itself. It becomes non-identifying and therefore worthless in the hands of threat actors, while remaining fully workable by the enterprise.
Steven Greenway, President, Commercial
Greenway’s appointment to lead the Commercial division adds executive airline experience as Pangiam continues rapid growth
Washington DC – Pangiam has announced the appointment of Steven Greenway as President, Pangiam Commercial. In this role, Greenway will focus his more than two decades of commercial airline leadership experience on continuing Pangiam’s expansive growth in the secure movement of people and goods.
“Steven is among the world leaders in solving the unique business challenges in global commercial aviation and digital customer experiences,” said Kevin McAleenan, Pangiam’s Chief Executive Officer. “Pangiam is thrilled to bring the insight he has gained making airlines successful around the world to our customers and clients.”
Lisa Forte, Rob Shapland, and Professor Ciaran Martin among speakers at UK’s up-and-coming annual cyber event
London, UK: Nineteen Group, organisers of International Cyber Expo, today announced the speaker line-up for its annual Global Cyber Summit sponsored this year by Snyk, and hosted at Olympia London on the 27th and 28th of September 2022. Introduced by former CEO of NCSC, Professor Ciaran Martin CB, the Summit endeavours to be an educational platform for IT professionals, C-Level executives and board members on the issues impacting the industry; both current and emerging.
In a combination of roundtable discussions, fireside chats and presentations, sessions will explore a variety of themes; from cyber warfare, ransomware, and the legal landscape as it relates to data privacy, to building diversity into one’s business culture, and the questions raised by emerging technologies like the metaverse, blockchain and quantum computing.
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