by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Feb 3, 2016 | CyberSecurity
A week ago plus, I attended the workshop on the FDA White Oak Campus, Silver Springs, MD, (January 20-21, 2016). Moving Forward” Collaborative Approaches to Medical Device Cybersecurity. This was sponsored by the FDA Center or Devices & Radiological Health (CDRH),...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Jan 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Returned late last week after attending the FDA Center for Devices & Radiological Health (CDRH), National Information Sharing Analysis Center (NH-ISAC), The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Workshop...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Jan 2, 2016 | Biometric Authentication
2015 has been one huge year of major security breaches in healthcare and it is by all estimations not to get better any time soon in 2016. Unless we look at security as a whole from the edge to the enterprise. What is the plan? The rationale is pretty straightforward...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Dec 29, 2015 | CyberSecurity
In 2015 healthcare witnessed some of if not the largest security exploits in history. 99 million healthcare records were thought to be compromised through around 93 different attacks. Overall the industry costs for security breaches exceeded it seems $6 billion....
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Dec 8, 2015 | Biometric Authentication
The growth of the Electronic Healthcare Record has provided major advantages, opportunities, and some interesting challenges. One item to point out is that clinicians and physicians went to school with the desire to take care of patients; not technology. When they are...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Nov 17, 2015 | Security Framework Medical Devices
The need to move toward multi-factor biometric authentication of the authorized user has become a desired requirement for the DOD (Department of Defense) and healthcare. It just makes sense. Passwords and the current “use model” To date, the way folks authenticate to...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Nov 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
We have repeatedly been reminded of the weakness of passwords as an authentication method. High-profile breaches with millions of lost credentials, sophisticated desktop malware, advanced mobile malware, phishing scams and other attacks have proven time and time again...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Integra Systems, Inc. has worked with Nordic Semi www.nordicsemi.com on product development for a unique project in the medical device space. www.nordicsemi.com Because of our combined expertise; there has been provided into the market an innovative medical wireless...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 15, 2015 | Alarm Communication Systems, Alarm Management, Alarm Management Platforms
The entire medical device community as well as middleware companies are focused on alarm management, namely the area of alarm reduction, as a means to mitigate alarm fatigue and in conjunction with the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal. As a...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 5, 2015 | Alarm Management, Alarm Management Platforms
As a result of the big data phenomenon, data values, the differentiation of new streams are exploding around us. However most organizations are missing the analytic opportunities of big data because they are still trying to gain knowledge from structured data via the...
