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RSAC 2026: Cyber insurance and the rise of ransomware
20+ hour, 28+ min ago (470+ words) John Kindervag opened his session at RSAC 2026 Conference with a compelling proposition: The advent of life insurance offered a new motivation to commit murder. The Forrester alumnus, who is widely credited as the creator of the zero-trust security model, and…...
Epic clinical decision support tools show modest performance
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (342+ words) gmast3r/istock via Getty Images A recent study shows that Epic's clinical decision support tools demonstrate modest real-world performance, which could result in false positives or missed cases in some clinical use cases, such as sepsis detection or intensive care unit…...
Major payers say they cut prior authorizations by 11%
23+ hour, 39+ min ago (808+ words) Leading healthcare payers said they have pared back prior authorizations after taking a pledge last year to simplify the notoriously cumbersome process. America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) reported yesterday that participating payers…...
FBI IC3: Healthcare sector leads in ransomware attacks
23+ hour, 58+ min ago (146+ words) Flavijus Piliponis " stock. ado The IC3has beenthe FBI's primary link to the publicfor reporting cybercrimesince 2000 -- it now receives an average of 3, 000 complaints perday anduses its findings to publishpublic awareness campaigns and industry alerts for the private sector. "Every year, our adversaries…...
10 best free Dev Ops certifications and training courses in 2026
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1454+ words) Dev Ops skills are in high demand, and Dev Ops engineers command excellent salaries. But before you can land a Dev Ops job, you need the necessary expertise and skills. Dev Ops certifications and training programs can get you on…...
Athenahealth embeds rater8 reputation management tool for users
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (324+ words) Athenahealth has partnered with reputation management company rater8 in a bid to help its customers brace for AI-powered provider search, the company announced via email. Through the partnership, athenahealth users will be able to leverage rater8's reputation management technology, allowing users…...
Data governance for AI requires a cross-functional approach
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (656+ words) Traditional governance models assumed data teams could own the full risk picture. AI systems break that assumption by creating interlocking risks across data, security and model integrity that no single function can see. AI systems are not just consumers of…...
Accenture global health lead on scaling AI in healthcare with governance and intent
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (281+ words) This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity." The barrier is not the availability of AI."It's"organizational readiness to absorb it. The real execution gaps are workflow integration, not model performance. AI fails when it sits next to…...
Snowflake broadens open-source embrace, ups Iceberg support
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (677+ words) Snowflake on Wednesday unveiled its continued commitment to Apache Iceberg with pending support for the latest version of the'open'source'table format.' Snowflake's work with'open'source'projects is geared toward making data interoperable across disparate systems so it can be integrated and used to…...
Mega-deals drive Q1 digital health funding to $4 B
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (386+ words) Baurzhan Ibrashev/istock via Get Total funding for digital health companies reached $4 billion in the first quarter of 2026, propelled by mega-deals, according to a new Rock Health report. The quarterly report shows that Q1 2026 funding totaled$4 billion across 110 deals, exceeding Q1 2025 by…...