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Healthcare Cybersecurity: Fending Off The Rise of Cyberattacks
- Healthcare organizations are frequently targeted by cybercriminals due to the large amount of sensitive data they store and the perception that they are lucrative targets for ransomware gangs.
- Successful cyberattacks on healthcare organizations can result in severe financial blow to victims, interruptions to medical treatment to patients and compromisation of critical information for millions.
- There are several reasons the healthcare sector is a magnet for cybercriminal activity: the value of the data collected, immense pressure to maintain network and system availability, and rapid digitalisation with the deployment of AI and medical technology.
- Despite increased focus on cybersecurity, the number of breaches in the healthcare sector is on the rise, indicating that more needs to be done to protect patients and data.
- Preventing new waves of healthcare cyberattacks requires a distributed defence system capable of providing robust cybersecurity across the entire attack surface.
- Organizations in the healthcare sector should provide employees with effective cybersecurity awareness training, encouraging them to identify possible cybersecurity risks.
- Third-party partners in the healthcare supply chain should also have awareness training programs and other security mechanisms in place.
- Internal cybersecurity awareness should be critical to all, including patients who must follow proper cybersecurity protocols.
- CISOs must regularly conduct system-wide assessments of their cybersecurity posture.
- Organizations in the healthcare sector must adopt a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity to respond effectively to cybercriminals.
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