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The third part of HealthIT Answers' series on Cybersecurity Awareness Month focuses on the ransomware attacks. Nextech Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer David Slazyk advised healthcare providers to pursue a better balance between maintaining regulatory compliance and establishing strong security initiatives.

The second part of HealthIT Answers' series on Cybersecurity Awareness Month focuses on the zero trust security framework. Nextech Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer David Slazyk explained why these initiatives are critical in healthcare with its large amounts of sensitive patient data.

The first part of HealthIT Answers' series on Cybersecurity Awareness Month focuses on phishing threats. Nextech Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer David Slazyk explained his concerns about this pervasive cybercrime method and the role technology can play in helping prevent it.

Last week, health plan provider Centene disclosed that they had lost track of six hard drives containing the private information of roughly 950,000 individuals. These records contained details such as names, addresses, dates of birth, member ID numbers, private health information (PHI), and Social Security Numbers. Luckily (if you can call it that), at least they did not contain any financial or payment details. According to the disclosure from Centene, the missing hard drives contained about six years worth of research data (2009-2015) and “were a part of a data project using laboratory results to improve the health outcomes of [their] members.”