July 12, 2021: Vik Nagjee, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences for Sirius joins Bill for the news. Microsoft announced that AT&T will move its 5G mobile network to the Microsoft cloud. AT&T’s 5G core will be the first service to move to Azure. Large hospital systems have around 85,000 medical devices connected to their network and a Department of Health and Human Services report shows that they lack consistent cybersecurity plans for these devices. Kaseya is the latest victim of a supply chain ransomware attack. And the GAO recommends that the VA address several critical aspects of its physical infrastructure otherwise it may jeopardize the $16B Cerner EHR rollout.

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Key Points:

• There's a long way to go before 5G is universally accessible [00:13:25] 
• Is multi-factor authentication pervasive in healthcare now? [00:28:40] 
• You cannot mitigate the risk of ransomware a hundred percent [00:31:50] 
• Air gapping gives you the ability to sequester a copy of your backups to a completely separate network in the event that something bad happens to your main network [00:34:05] 
• Sirius Healthcare Solutions

Stories:

• Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud technology and Azure will power AT&T’s 5G network - MS
• Hospitals lack consistent cybersecurity plan for networked medical devices - Healthcare Finance
• Kaseya ransomware attack: Everything you need to know - ZDNet
• Amazon's Alexa hit with healthcare privacy suit - Modern Healthcare
• GAO: VA's lack of action may jeopardize $16B Cerner EHR rollout - Beckers