Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence is Key to Fighting Ransomware in Healthcare - HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News

Every once in a while the world wakes up to the news of yet another data breach of incredible proportion, providing a crude reminder that healthcare IT systems are not as secure as they should be. Some black hat hackers sell stolen data in bulk on the dark Web while others use a technique called credential stuffing to automatically force authentication on targeted domains. But regardless of how the stolen data gets used, one thing is for certain: increasingly bigger cyber data breaches and thefts are clear indicators that passwords used on their own are an inadequate way to ensure security. Instead, passwords should be used in addition to data encryption, guaranteeing that even if data is stolen it can't be used by any other entity--hacker or competing organization. The reality is, passwords really haven't been an effective security control method for a very long time.