Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Healthcare organizations continue to face relentless cyberattacks owing to the immense value placed on patient health information on the dark web. Patient records have almost everything the attacker needs to carry out sophisticated insurance fraud schemes, purchase medical supplies or drugs, or commit other types of fraud including outright identity theft.

As I noted in a previous article, the build environment is a key area on which organizations should focus their container security efforts. Companies don’t usually think of the build environment when it comes to securing their containers. But it’s critical that they do.

Here are my top recommendations for people who want to increase the safety of their devices and data online. Please note “increase safety,” isn’t equivalent to “ensure 100% security,” because although 100% security doesn’t exist, we should still strive for it. It’s important to remember that maintaining security requires us to continually apply and update best practices to an ever-evolving digital landscape.