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Digital Health Expert David Finn Joins Strategic Advisory Board

Digital Health expert, David Finn, CISA, CISM, CRISC, and CDPSE joins the Advisory...

First Health CEO Carter Groome Speaks at UN General Assembly Health Symposium

NEW YORK – No nation, system, or health entity is immune from the...

Lehigh Valley Health Network Lawsuit Settlement Considerations

Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania reached a $65 million settlement in a...

Kerri Gallagher Promoted to President & COO

WASHINGTON, DC – September 3, 2024 – First Health Advisory, the leading cyber...

Cyber Clinician Perspective on the OneBlood Cyberattack, Outage

OneBlood, a nonprofit blood donation provider to the Southeast US, is experiencing a...

Cyber Resilient Digital Health Leads to Sustainable Risk Management

Security measures must work for security teams, with measured and assessed controls. Efficacy...

CEO Addresses Mega-Breaches on Health Stealth Radio

Cybersecurity and Privacy are increasingly complicated practices, not only from a technology perspective...

Cyber Resilient Digital Health: Risk Management & Governance

Healthcare struggles with risk management, more than almost any other sector. Most are...

Cyber Resilient Digital Health: Asking the Right Questions

Most healthcare boards and executives are comfortable with addressing the question, “Is my...

Employee of the Quarter - Sam Ng, Director of Recruiting

A congratulations to Samantha Ng, First Health’s Employee of the Quarter! It’s with...

Cyber Support for Rural Healthcare: It’s A Start

The White House recently released a proposal from Microsoft and Google that would...

Cyber Resilient Digital Health: It's Not Just About Security Anymore

Under the current state of technology access and similarly expansive threat landscape, it’s...

Employee of the Quarter: Security Consultant, Mindi Austin

Congratulations to First Health Advisory’s Security Consultant, Mindi, for being Employee of the...

HHS Cyber Incentive and Mandate Plans: What Providers Need to Know

The Biden Administration’s proposed FY 2025 budget for the Department of Health and...

Feds Making Moves to Require Baseline Cyber Standards for Hospitals

The Biden Administration announced it plans to impose minimum cybersecurity standards for hospitals...

Ascension Update: CISA Shares IOCs and Recommended Actions

A historic multi-agency alert from Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA), FBI, the...

Ascension Cyber Incident: Considerations for Your Health Entity

As Ascension and many of its 140 hospitals and 40 senior care facilities...

Join First Health in Celebrating Nurses Week: Our Cyber Clinicians Support Secure...

Meet Mindy, First Health’s Director of Clinical Informatics. Mindy and her team are...

First Health is Excited to Celebrate National Nurses Week – And our...

Mark McDonald, RN, First Health’s Director Clinical Innovation & Government Health, former Navy...

CyberHealth Internship Program led by Toby Gouker, PhD, CISO, Clinical Innovation

Are you looking for a Summer Internship? Are you an undergraduate student majoring...

CHIME Recognizes CEO as Recipient of the Baldrige Foundation’s Leadership Excellence in...

On this episode of the Digital Health Leaders podcast, Russ Branzell, CHIME CEO...

Will This Event Actually Change Healthcare?

Forgive the pun, it’s a serious question. The Change Healthcare breach is a...

Health IT Leader David Finn joins First Health Advisory to Further Cyber...

First Health is pleased to announce that David Finn has joined our team,...

First Health Strategic Advisory Board Member M.K. Palmore Driven by Leadership

M.K. Palmore, Cybersecurity Strategic Advisor for Google Cloud, USMC Veteran, Retired FBI, Nonprofit...

White Paper: Do Your 2024 Cyber Resolutions Match the Current Healthcare Threat...

In 2023, the healthcare sector endured some of the most widespread cyberattacks and...

CEO Attests to IoT/IoMT Security Risks and Cost Analysis with Asimily |...

Carter Groome CEO joins expert panel session at the 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧...

Mac McMillan Joins First Health's Strategic Advisory Board Driving Digital Health Risk...

A warm welcome to Mac McMillan, an inaugural member of the Strategic Advisory...

High-Impact Cyber Practices Proposed by HHS for Health and Public Health Sector

The Department of Health and Human Services released its highly anticipated cyber performance...

First Health Welcomes Industry-Leading Strategic Advisory Board Members

First Health Advisory is pleased to officially announce the launch of our Strategic...

HSCC — Cybersecurity Recognizes First Health for Highlighting Healthcare Security as an...

Congratulations to Julie Sisk, First Health’s Director of Strategic Advisory, Professional Services and...

CEO Recognized by Baldrige Foundation for Leadership Excellence in Cybersecurity

Congratulations First Health CEO Carter Groome for being recognized by the Baldrige Foundation...

CSO, Clinical Innovation Features in Fox Report on Rising Medical Device Risk...

On January 5th, First Health Advisory’s Chief Security Officer, Clinical Innovation, Toby Gouker...

AHA Draws a Line on HHS Proposed Standards: Are Voluntary Standards Enough?

“No organization, including federal agencies, is or can be immune from cyberattacks,” AHA...

White Paper: Clinical & Operational Security & Technology Leaders on Centralized Patch...

Check out the white paper “Centralized Patch Management: Medical Device Security Through a...

First Health Announces Censinet Partnership on Cyber Risk Assurance Solutions

Today, First Health Advisory, a leading digital health risk assurance firm, and Censinet, the...

HVAC System Exploit Renews Ongoing Supply Chain, Industrial Control System Risk

Why HVAC and Industrial Control Systems Pose Cyber Risk to Healthcare A reported ‘cybersecurity...

CEO Reflects on Executives' Cybersecurity Concerns with HealthLeaders Media

Right in time for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, HealthLeaders Media’s most recent podcast episode...

FDA Finalizes Medical Device Cybersecurity Guidance: Major Step Forward

By the First Health Team The Food and Drug Administration finalized its cybersecurity guidance...

What Does it Mean to Have a Cybersecurity-Driven Healthcare Culture?

By Jessica Davis The reported cyberattacks against the healthcare industry in recent years have...

Possible Cyberattack Brings Rural Mississippi Health System Offline

By Jessica Davis Rural provider Singing River Health System in Biloxi, Mississippi is currently...

Oct. 1 Deadline for FDA Medical Device Cyber Standards: How Providers Should...

By the First Health Team In less than three months, the Food and Drug...

NIST adds Governance Function to Cybersecurity Framework

By Jessica Davis The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a draft of...

Cyberattack Pulls Connecticut Health Network Offline, Spurs Emergency Care Diversion

By Jessica Davis A cyberattack against Eastern Connecticut Health Network has spurred “systemwide IT...

White House National Cyber Workforce Strategy Supports Veteran Programs

By First Health Team In its latest effort to bolster critical infrastructure cybersecurity, the...

HCA Health Now Tops Year of Record-Breaking Healthcare Breaches: What’s Behind the...

By Jessica Davis HCA Healthcare is currently investigating what could be the largest reported...

CISA, Medtronic Urge Critical Patch of Cardiac Medical Device Tool Flaw

By the First Health Team A vulnerability in the Medtronic Paceart Optima System could...

Executive Branch Zeros in on Healthcare, Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protections

By First Health Team The Biden Administration is working to expand cyber protections for...

HHS Urges Patch of MOVEit Vulnerability, as Company Finds More Security Flaws

By Jessica Davis Following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in the Progress Software...

Hospital Closure After Cyberattack Sends Warning Shot to Healthcare Sector

By First Health Advisory Low-resourced hospitals face devasting financial and patient safety impacts from...

Nova Scotia Health Patient Data Stolen via MOVEit Vulnerability

By the First Health team The data tied to at least 100,000 employees of...

White Paper: Unifying Medical Device Cybersecurity by Matt Dimino, CSO of Clinical...

Healthcare entities are the main target of increased ransomware and other cyberattacks. Still,...

White Paper: Securing the Connected Hospital by Matt Dimino, CSO of Clinical...

The Internet of Things (IoT) and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) are...

First Health Advisory's CSO featured in TechNation Magazine

TechNation Magazine just released its March issue. Check out pages 70-72, which feature...

Risk Analysis of AI/ML in the Healthcare Industry with Julie Sisk, Director...

We are proud to announce that the Healthcare & Public Health Sector Coordinating...

Warner expects health cybersecurity legislation this quarter - POLITICO

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is aiming to introduce health care cybersecurity legislation during...

Sen. Warner's cyber priority this year is health care - Washington Post

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) is one of the leading...

Healthcare Cyber Regulation Updated Coming? - Washington Post

From the Washington Post: Jan 6th 2023: The Biden administration is set to unveil...

We the People, Seek Cyber Health Incentives - A Call to Action: Feb 8, 2023

Abstract: Recent activity in Washington suggests that there is a confluence of congressional energy...

First Health Advisory's 2022 Annual Report

As we turn the page on 2022, we take a moment to pause,...

2022 Medical Device Security Survey Report

What do Top Healthcare Leaders have to say about their 2022 IoMT cybersecurity...

Join us at the 2022 National Cyber Summit!

Join us at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama this September 21st-22nd...

Welcome to the Team, Buddy Hickman!

We’re excited to announce that, as of September 6th, George “Buddy” Hickman will be...

CHIME–AEHIS Healthcare CISO Boot Camp

It’s almost time to enroll! Online courses for CHIME–AEHIS Healthcare CISO Boot Camp open...

First Health's New Team Members

We’re excited to have a few new people joining our crew of talented...

2022 Healthcare Cyber Insurance Renewal Report

The 2022 Healthcare Cyber Insurance Renewal Report was just released. CHIME surveyed 71...

Congrats to Our 2022 CyberHealth Interns

Every year, from April 19th to May 19th, the First Health team asks...

Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 Summer CyberHealth Internship Program

The First Health Advisory (First Health) CyberHealth Internship is designed to give participants...

First Health is honored as Medigate's 2022 Partner of the Year

Medigate announced First Health Advisory as their 2022 Partner of the Year. When...

CEO, Carter Groome, featured in POLITICO

In a March 23rd article written by Ben Leonard for POLITICO, FHA’s CEO,...

2022 Annual IoMT Cybersecurity Survey

First Health Advisory is excited to launch our Annual IoMT Cybersecurity Survey –...

Maturing Your Connected Asset Risk Management Program

Medical and Internet of Things (IoT) device security in the health delivery setting...

First Health’s CEO voted by peers onto CHIME Board of Trustees

CHIME Announces Incoming Board Members and 2022/2023 Board Officers ANN ARBOR, MI, Oct. 5,...

CHIME CEO Russ Branzell interviews First Health CEO Carter Groome on the...

Carter Groome talks with Russ about the crucial need for action on cybersecurity...

Comprehensive Digital Asset Risk Management for Healthcare

Comprehensive digital asset risk management must be a top priority for every organization...

First Health and Nuvolo Team up at Penn State Health to Address...

HERSHEY, PA. — Penn State Health has selected Nuvolo Connected Workplace along with...

First Health's Innovative Security Solution Value Bundles

First Health’s leading security, privacy, risk management, and HIT are designed to work...

First Health Advisory Proud to be a Title Sponsor of VIVE Conference...

First health advisory will be a title sponsor of the innovative VIVE conference,...

First Health delivering Medical Device Risk Managed Services in over 265 health...

First Health’s Managed Asset Solutions and the leading practices associated with its Medical Device,...

First Health Advisory acquires Jackson Health Tech Advisors

This acquisition bolsters First’s growing risk management and security focused digital transformation solutions....

AAMI Webinar: Decision Methodology for a Security Platform Solution with Parkland Health

Hear what Parkland and First Health Advisory had to say about: • Setting requirements...

Interoperability, meet Security

Among its many benefits, interoperability provides a more cohesive view of patient data that can...

Cybersecurity for Medical Devices - Pitter Patter Let's Get At 'Er

Okay, maybe I watch too much of the Canadian sitcom Letterkenny, and while...

Medical Device Risk Management - Provider Side Takeaways from the Joint Security...

The Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) released the Joint Security Plan (JSP) in...

Hurricane Phishing - Awareness of Disaster Scams

Hurricane Phishing - Don't Get Caught Up in the Scam

Medical Device Security Starts With An Accurate Inventory

Our CISO, Dr. Toby Gouker, will be in San Fran next week at...

A Path Towards Medical Device Security - Dr. Toby Gouker

Some sage counsel from our CISO on how to get moving on Medical...

Patient Trust in the Age of Cyber Terrorism

Let's call it what it is. Terrorism. Our industry is facing...

In 2017, Healthcare Boards Still Detached When It Comes to Cyber Awareness

8 approaches to building a more cyber savvy healthcare board

Best Practices of the Nation’s Top Systems

First Cyber Health Solutions was fortunate to have the opportunity to learn recently...

Reasonable Security for the Internet of Things

Whether you know it or not, your hospitals are being inundated on a...

Personal Healthcare Information Becomes Most Vulnerable Moving Throughout the Ecosystem

Healthcare system networks consist of multiple sources of data from multiple enterprise-level systems...

Using Education, Training and Certification to Help Healthcare Entities Fight Back

The Office for Civil Rights website reports that data breaches in healthcare totaled...

The Ideal Workforce Partner

Clients and Consultants are Looking for Three Flavors of Workforce Options Now more than...

The sociology of maximizing EHR performance

As healthcare providers begin to transition from a fee for service approach to...

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