Cyber security professor, Dr. Emily Darraj, was recently recognized by Northrop Grumman for her security and privacy work in Health Information Technology. Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company which provides innovative systems, products and solutions to government and commercial customers worldwide.
The White Paper, entitled "The Perfect Storm" was published by Northrop Grumman and discusses how in recent years the healthcare industry has experienced a surge in data breaches, security incidents and criminal attacks. In fact, in 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services breach report documented more than 100 million people were affected by healthcare breaches. Northrop continues to address the privacy and security challenges within the federal healthcare space and defend against cyber criminals in this "perfect cyber storm." Their approach enables layered security and enhances data protection efforts to create defense in depth information assurance at a level above the industry's current practices.
At the annual HIMSS (Healthcare Information Management Systems Society) conference held in Las Vegas at the end of February, Northrop Grumman addressed the fundamental need to improve health outcomes and the current emerging healthcare fraud schemes and trends. They demonstrated their findings and advances themed "Improving Healthcare, Health Security and Health Outcomes" in areas such as: benefits systems administration, fraud prevention, payment modernization, public health and personalized healthcare.
"It is a great honor to have them do this," said Dr. Darraj. "We created 2016 Health IT predictions which did not exist."
Congratulations to you Dr. Darraj on your hard work and dedication. We are proud to have you on our team here at GMC Online!
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