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The UAE government continues to increase its healthcare spend – especially in supporting healthcare technology innovations that can help to manage lifestyle diseases and coronavirus.

Dave O’Shaughnessy, healthcare leader for EMEA and APAC at Avaya, […]

Dave O’Shaughnessy, healthcare leader for EMEA and APAC at Avaya, […]

The company’s flagship product, IDx-DR, was the first autonomous AI system De Novo authorized by the FDA for the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema. The firm also now owns 3DermSpot, the first autonomous AI to receive FDA Breakthrough Device designation for its diagnoses of melanoma and basal cell carcinoma.

Healthcare has traditionally been a worksite dependent industry, but with the need to follow social distancing and self-quarantine guidelines, enabling workers to be productive at home is now essential.

Vectra investigated network behaviors that are consistent with threats across the entire cyberattack lifecycle – botnet monetization, command and control, internal reconnaissance, lateral movement, and data exfiltration. Upon closer examination, these behaviors were found to be from cloud migration activities, and not attackers.

Patient safety is the highest priority across Mubadala Healthcare, with Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Healthpoint, and Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC) resuming their most sought-after medical services while staff and patients stringently follow all precautionary measures including mask wearing, physical distancing, and temperature scans.

ServiceNow’s new telecom products, Telecommunications Service Management and Telecommunications Network Performance Management, will provide new workflows that connect customer service and network operations, including Proactive Customer Care and Automated Service Assurance. The new products will be generally available later this year.

While some cybercriminal groups have stated publicly that they will refrain from targeting hospitals and other critical institutions with ransomware during the coronavirus lockdown, others may have no such qualms.

The virus has led to an unprecedented number of patients in hospitals, meaning that healthcare professionals have minimal time to dedicate to those with less serious conditions, while social distancing measures have also dissuaded people from travelling to medical centers unless they feel it is totally necessary.