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How to protect healthcare and life-sciences data from a cyber attack pandemic

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

According to analyst firm IDC , 93% of pharmaceutical companies and 72% of biotech companies already have business-critical applications in the cloud, including product lifecycle management, analytics, revenue management, and much more. The risks of non-compliance. But the threat is a lot more insidious.

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Ransomware accounts for 54% of cyber threats in the health sector

Security Affairs

Most of the surveyed organisations (73%) in the health sector haven’t a program to mitigate ransomware attacks. 42% of incidents reported targeted hospitals, while health authorities, bodies and agencies accounted for 14%, and the pharmaceutical industry for 9%.

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Redefining clinical trials: Adopting AI for speed, volume and diversity

IBM Big Data Hub

Refine marketing tactics to elevate awareness and foster trust Based on data from the 2020 Health Information National Trends Survey , 41.3% of the 3772 surveyed US adults reported not knowing about clinical trials. However, with the strategic embrace of AI technologies, we can collectively reshape this narrative.

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CIPL and AvePoint Release Global GDPR Readiness Report

Hunton Privacy

On November 9, 2016, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton & Williams LLP and AvePoint released the results of a joint global survey launched in May 2016 concerning organizational preparedness for implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

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Encryption – A Feasible Savior against Prevalent Privacy Issues in Business Communication

Security Affairs

What’s more, threatening about ransomware is that according to a survey conducted by Pwnie Express , almost half of the 582 surveyed individuals agreed that they didn’t have any means to prevent a ransomware attack. And, the dilemma is that not every business is prepared for it or have sufficient means to mitigate the risks.

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Think Outside of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management Solutions to Deliver Connected Customer Experiences

Reltio

PwC surveyed a sample of 15,000 people from 12 countries. Companies risk violating GDPR and the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) and paying heavy financial penalties. PwC conducted eye-popping research into the future of customer experience. The report’s title sums up their findings, “ Experience is Everything.

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EDPB’s Position on Clinical Trials Creates Friction with Other EU Legislation

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

A basic legal requirement that pharmaceutical and medical device companies conducting clinical trials must always respect when conducting a clinical trial is the obligation to obtain patients’ consent to their participation for clinical trials. The consent must be in writing.

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