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35 CIO / HEALTH IT Trump Establishes American Technology Council By Jessica Kim Cohen P resident Donald Trump on April 28 signed an ex- ecutive order to establish the American Technol- ogy Council. The council's mission is to promote the "secure, efficient and economical use of information technology," accord- ing to the executive order. The ATC will strategize the federal government's use of IT and offer advice related to IT policy decisions and processes, among other tasks. "Americans deserve better digital services from their Government," the executive order reads. "To effectu- ate this policy, the Federal Government must transform and modernize its information technology and how it uses and delivers digital services." The ATC will comprise 19 members, including the U.S. chief technology officer, Vice President Mike Pence and President Trump, who will serve as chairman. The act- ing president will also designate a director, who will be an employee of the executive office. The executive order and ATC will terminate on Jan. 20, 2021. n Report: 3 Cyberthreats Make Up 81% of Healthcare Breaches By Jessica Kim Cohen T here were 296 confirmed data breaches in the healthcare industry last year — a substantial por- tion of which were perpetrated by insiders, ac- cording to Verizon's 10th annual Data Breach Investi- gations Report. The following three IT security threats made up 81 per- cent of confirmed healthcare breaches in 2016. 1. Insider misuse, or the unauthorized use of organiza- tional resources 2. Miscellaneous errors, or unintentional mistakes that directly compromise data security 3. Physical theft and loss, which encompasses any inci- dents where items with data went missing In 2016, ransomware also accounted for 72 percent of all malware incidents in the healthcare industry, ac- cording to the report. However, these incidents were not counted as breaches, since investigators are often unable to confirm whether cyberattackers access data after encrypting it. n The 16 Tech Companies Paying Interns Most By Emily Rappleye S tudents are raking in the cash at tech company in- ternships, earning more than the average American work- er, according to a report from Glassdoor. Tech companies hold 16 of the top 25 paying internships this year on Glassdoor's list. e monthly median pay for these internships, when extrapolated, tops that of the average full-time American work- er who earns a median of $51,350, according to Glassdoor's data. Compare that to pay at Facebook, the highest paying company for internships. ere, interns earn median monthly pay of $8,000, which is the equivalent of an an- nual salary of about $96,000, ac- cording to Glassdoor. Data in the report is based on self-reported income from interns who are currently in or have com- pleted programs within the past year. Glassdoor only used compa- nies with at least 25 reports. For or- ganizations with the same median monthly pay, Glassdoor used the number of reports as a tie-breaker. Here is the median monthly pay for the top 15 tech internships and how much an annual salary would be if that paycheck were earned over a full year. 1. Facebook — $8,000 medi- an monthly pay (equivalent of $96,000 annual salary) 2. Microso — $7,100 ($85,200) 3. Salesforce — $6,450 ($77,400) 4. Amazon — $6,400 ($76,800) 5. Apple — $6,400 ($76,800) 6. Yelp — $6,400 ($76,800) 7. Yahoo — $6,080 ($72,960) 8. VMWare — $6,080 ($72,960) 9. Google — $6,000 ($72,000) 10. NVIDIA — $5,770 ($69,240) 11. Intuit — $5,440 ($65,280) 12. Juniper Networks — $5,440 ($65,280) 13. Workday — $5,440 ($65,280) 14. Adobe — $5,120 ($61,440) 15. MathWorks — $5,120 ($61,440) 16. Qualcomm — $5,040 ($60,480) n CIOs Greatly Underestimate How Many Cloud Apps Their Organization Use By Jessica Kim Cohen O rganizations are using far more cloud apps than their CIOs think, according to Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report. While organizations used an average of 928 cloud apps each last year, most CIOs said their organizations only used be- tween 30 to 40. This pattern is worrisome, since a lack of con- crete policies around cloud usage may lead to risky IT security practices, according to Symantec. The number of cloud apps organizations use has steadily in- creased over the past few years. In 2016, the average number of cloud apps was 841. In 2015, the average was only 774 cloud apps. n

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