A web application uses standards developed for browsers to deliver information to users or other applications. Most of the processing is usually done remotely and the user’s browser is used to display the results.
An advantage of the standards developed to support applications in web browsers is that they are now also used for mobile applications and other modern technologies.
But there are many security concerns that come with these ubiquitous healthcare web apps.
Johannes Ullrich is research dean at the SANS Technology Institute. The SANS Institute was founded in 1989 as a cooperative security research and education organization. In this week’s podcast, Ullrich discusses the types of security issues associated with web apps, ways security leaders at healthcare providers can overcome the security challenges of web application technologies, and much more.
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Discussion points:
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Where are web application technologies in healthcare and what do they enable?
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What types of security vulnerabilities do they introduce?
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Healthcare security administrators need to understand these vulnerabilities, but often don’t. What is the disconnect?
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What are some ways security leaders at healthcare providers can overcome the security vulnerabilities of web application technologies?
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Advice for healthcare CISOs and CIOs on security vulnerabilities in web application technology.
More about this episode:
How Change Healthcare’s cyber attack is putting pressure on providers, and what the government can do
A sense of urgency at the Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum
HSCC releases five-year strategic plan for healthcare cybersecurity
NIST updates the Cybersecurity Framework with version 2.0
Healthtech Hazards: Home Medical Devices, AI Management on ECRI’s New List
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