Internet of Things

The 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report, just released by Verizon, continues to adopt the methodology of nine common threat patterns, as well as expanding into discussions of threats from mobility and the Internet of Things (IoT) and the financial impact of a data breach.This year’s report looked at 12 terabytes of data, combining data from 70 organizations, 79,790 security incidents from 61 countries, as well as 2,122 confirmed data...

We have been laying out our Predictions for Mobile for a few years now, and as we head into a new year tomorrow, we set forth our Predictions for Mobile in 2015. Last year we predicted the growth in the number of devices supported in organizations. While not all organizations have responded to this fragmentation of devices with a shift in the focus of mobile device policies, we are seeing...

Wearable tech, and the Internet of Things (IoT) movement, has been a big topic in IT security for this year. More devices than ever are being connected to the Internet, operating in the cloud, and sharing information. This creates a lot of data - big data - that has as significant impact on data security, particularly in highly regulated industries such as healthcare.

How is the Internet of Things (IoT) changing healthcare right now? I shared some of my thoughts on this, and coming up on Wednesday August 27, 2014 at Noon Eastern, 9am Pacific I will be joining a panel of experts to discuss the topic in more detail for a MedCity News Hangout session. Joining me on the panel are Clint Abernathy, professional services officer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital...

In our recent two-part series for MedCity News, we examined how the Internet of Things (IoT) affects the healthcare industry.