Daily Archives: May 6, 2021

Healthcare CIOs fear (and fend off) ransomware threats amid pandemic

Mt. San Rafael Hospital thwarted a ransomware attack on one of its sister facilities earlier this year before anything could be compromised. The organization is still working through the details of the hack, says CIO Michael Archuleta, whose hospital is part of the BridgeCare Health Network, which includes five hospitals in Colorado. “It could have…

Synchrony banks on pandemic shift to boost business agility

Modern IT organizations are nimble, capable of adapting foundational tools and processes under duress. Synchrony, which processes payments  on behalf of businesses, deployed virtualization technology and cloud software, as well as multifactor authentication and other security technologies, to get more than 16,000 employees working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative, Synchrony Works, empowered 13,500…