Software development firm Auvik surveyed over 2000 IT professionals to report on current trends in healthcare IT. Auvik concluded that automation is the theme for this year’s trends report. On Monday, June 24, Canadian cloud-based IT management platform Auvik released its nine healthcare IT trends to watch this year. For its report, Auvik surveyed over 2000 IT professionals, including CEOs,Continue reading “Survey: Healthcare IT Trends to Watch in 2024.”
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New Research Shows AI Models’ Ability to Predict Demographics Can Lead to Fairness Gaps.
Machine-learning models, which have shown a capacity for predicting human demographics, are likely to reinforce fairness gaps as a result of their predictions. A new study has shown that AI models that are “most accurate at making demographic predictions also show the biggest ‘fairness gaps,’” or “discrepancies in their ability to accurately diagnose images ofContinue reading “New Research Shows AI Models’ Ability to Predict Demographics Can Lead to Fairness Gaps.”
Attackers increasingly target cybersecurity vendors with backdoor hacks, expert says.
“Customers need to hold their cybersecurity vendors to a pretty high level of assurance in terms of their own internal security practices,” expert says. Threat actors could be coming for your organization via third party vendors—a danger in a cybersecurity landscape where IT teams and budgets are often stretched, necessitating outside help. RSA Security CEOContinue reading “Attackers increasingly target cybersecurity vendors with backdoor hacks, expert says.”
Penn Medicine Creates New Role Overseeing Data and Technology Solutions.
Former Radiology chair Mitchell Schnall, M.D., Ph.D., to lead the offices of the CIO, CMIO and chief analytics officer. Penn Medicine in Philadelphia has created a new role of senior vice president for data and technology solutions that will oversee the offices of the chief information officer, chief medical information officer and chief analytics officer.Continue reading “Penn Medicine Creates New Role Overseeing Data and Technology Solutions.”
The Shiny Toy Syndrome: When We Chase Novelty at Work,
You’re at your desk, ready to write an article. A quick mind map might help organize your thoughts, so you start scribbling in your notebook. But then, a nagging thought arises: isn’t there a better tool out there? Before you know it, you’re searching for alternatives and watching tutorials. Hours slip by, and your articleContinue reading “The Shiny Toy Syndrome: When We Chase Novelty at Work,”
UnitedHealth CEO Testifies on Cyberattack Before Senate.
Stolen credentials used to remotely access a UnitedHealth’s portal that didn’t have multi-factor protection, CEO testifies. UnitedHealth Group’s CEO, Andrew Witty, testified on Wednesday, May 1, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the Change Healthcare cyberattack. In his opening statement, Witty told the committee that criminals used compromised credentials to remotely access a Change Healthcare Citrix portal, whichContinue reading “UnitedHealth CEO Testifies on Cyberattack Before Senate.”
Venture funding for cybersecurity firms remains weak after 2022 collapse.
Venture funding for cybersecurity vendors stood at $2.3 billion in Q1, a shadow of 2021–2022 boom times. Venture funding of cybersecurity vendors has dried up, although there are some signs the drought might break soon, according to research by executive recruitment firm Pinpoint Search Group. Pinpoint’s data pegged the total amount of dough venture capitalists threw atContinue reading “Venture funding for cybersecurity firms remains weak after 2022 collapse.”
Google and Microsoft are still riding the AI wave.
Demand for cloud services boosted both companies’ revenue in the last quarter. Microsoft and Google are proving there’s money to be made in generative AI—at least when there are cloud services to sell along with it. While investors may be growing impatient with Mark Zuckerberg’s far-sighted AI dreams, things looked rosier for other competitors in the BigContinue reading “Google and Microsoft are still riding the AI wave.”
NSA rolls out security guidance for companies using AI systems.
Companies should make sure they’re implementing “robust governance, a well-designed architecture, and secure configurations,” according to the NSA. The NSA has rolled out a Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI), advising organizations on the best ways to deploy “secure and resilient AI systems.” Companies should ensure they’re implementing “sound security principles” in an organization’s IT environment and its AIContinue reading “NSA rolls out security guidance for companies using AI systems.”
Majority of devs will use AI tools by 2028, survey finds—but don’t expect massive productivity gains.
Expectations of 50% productivity gains are overblown, Gartner’s Philip Walsh says. The majority of professional software engineers will be using AI assistants by 2028, Gartner projects—but tech execs expecting massive increases in productivity are likely to be disappointed. According to Gartner, while under 10% of software devs were using such assistants in early 2023, anotherContinue reading “Majority of devs will use AI tools by 2028, survey finds—but don’t expect massive productivity gains.”
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