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Cyber Attacks on Healthcare: Why Smaller Practices Are Next
Cyber Attacks on Healthcare: Why Smaller Practices Are Next Non-hospital healthcare providers are the growing target for cyber attacks. The Australian Signals Directorate’s Cyber Security Centre found that malicious actors succeeded in 95% of healthcare sector incidents it responded to in FY2024–25, compared to just under 52% across all sectors on average (ASD’s ACSC, 2025), and that ransomware incidents against the...
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MFA for Healthcare: Why Passwords Cause Data Breaches
MFA for Healthcare: Passwords, Medical Practices, and Patient Data Risk It’s not your software that’s putting patients at risk. It’s your passwords. Most healthcare data is not lost to anything sophisticated. It is lost because a password...
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RACGP Gave AI Its Own Criterion For the First Time in 30 Years
RACGP Gave AI Its Own Criterion. For the First Time in 30 Years. On 26 August 2026, the RACGP released the 6th edition of the Standards for General Practices, its first update since the 5th edition landed...
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Essential Info
Data breach response plan
This page could save your business Create a data breach response plan customised to your business.Specifically suitable for private medical practices or other small businesses with a single manager. Company...
Multi Factor Authentication (MFA / 2FA / Duo)
Take your security to the next layer Small companies make up 71% of all data breaches, and of that group 95% of the data breaches are caused by simple human...
Safety cards
Printable safety cards Download and print email safety cards to pin up around your practice.The tips listed are a great start to keep safe from email scams. If you’re ever...
Book Your Free Practice Health Checkup
Book Your Free Practice Health Checkup For more tips and how-to’s, visit our tech blog We are thrilled to offer a new Practice Health Checkup with our Practice Liaison Officer...
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Mailbox Security
Mailbox Security At Health IT we are Focused on Security. We do everything we can to protect you, your reputation, your technology infrastructure, and your patient’s privacy from day one. We...
Cybersecurity is a process: a guide for Australian GP practices
Cybersecurity is a process: a guide for Australian GP practices In our last blog, we asked a simple question: is your practice ready for a real threat? If that piece...
Healthcare is Australia’s most targeted sector for data breaches. Is your practice ready?
Healthcare is Australia’s most targeted sector for data breaches. Is your practice ready? According to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), the health sector has held the top...
Backup
Backups and Disaster Recovery Health IT Backups are designed to meet standards. The RACGP Accreditation Standard v5 – this is the standard Australian General Practice accredits to. The Essential Eight – published...