#ViVEvent 2025 will take place in Nashville, TN, February 16-19, and we’re getting ready!

This year’s agenda is packed with thought-provoking sessions and discussions on topics like AI, mobile transformation, cybersecurity, passwordless authentication, and more.

A Ponemon Institute report shows where healthcare providers waste the most time and energy.

Imprivata CEO Gus Malezis tells Sarah he believes his Thoma Bravo-backed company is building out an essential digital identity technology framework for health care.
Why it matters: Doctors and nurses need access to hundreds of applications to care for patients, but patient privacy laws and cybersecurity threats make that increasingly complex.

Read the full article at www.axios.com

A list of 10 applications that nurses are using.

Enacted into law in 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) includes five sections detailing data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding protected health information (PHI). Failure to comply with HIPAA can result in civil and criminal penalties. If a healthcare organization is unaware that its practices led to a HIPAA violation, the minimum civil penalty is $100 per violation, with an annual maximum of $25,000 for repeat violations. The maximum civil penalty is $50,000 per violation with an annual maximum of $1.5 million.

If a hacker gets access to your privileged accounts they can move around your network, applications and equipment. Malicious actors can steal your data, as well as delete it, modify it and change your settings or create persistent backdoors into your network. For any company (just ask Marriott/Starwood), the risk is significant – stolen user information, loss of intellectual property and damage to your brand. Not to mention possible regulatory fines, lawsuits, etc.