How Healthcare Can Embrace the Cloud Without Jeopardizing Data

The following is a guest article by Rodman Ramezanian, Global Cloud Threat Lead at Skyhigh Security Healthcare, like other sectors, is undergoing a massive digital transformation to meet the changing needs of patients and workers. As part of this transformation, there are a growing number of roles that can be performed virtually – such as grant administrators, clinical trial coordinators, or telehealth care providers – although some workers, like emergency room physicians, must still be present onsite. Since remote and hybrid employees need to be able to collaborate anytime, anywhere, and from multiple devices, many healthcare organizations are adopting cloud infrastructure and rethinking their overall approach to data security. Recent research from Skyhigh Security confirms that the healthcare industry is picking up its pace of cloud adoption, but that it remains slower to embrace the cloud than other industries. In fact, from 2019 to 2022, healthcare only saw a 25% uptick in its cloud services in use compared to the 50% increase seen across other sectors including financial services, retail, manufacturing, IT, and more. So what’s causing this hesitancy? Building Trust in the Cloud One of the main, and most obvious, reasons is the highly sensitive nature of data at play in healthcare facilities: protected health information (PHI), insurance claims, pharmaceutical intellectual property, and more. This data is highly prized by cybercriminals, evidenced by the fact that 7...
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