The State Of Healthcare Cybersecurity (Part 1)

Healthcare data has never been under more outside threats than it is today. For a number of reasons, this data has become more attractive to cybercriminals and can be sold on the dark web for a pretty penny. Not only that, emerging threats like ransomware attacks are hitting home and wreaking havoc with the institutions they target. Unfortunately, according to a new study by Black Book Market Research, healthcare organizations don’t seem to be adequately prepared for this onslaught. The survey, which collected responses from more than 2,464 security pros working at 680 provider organizations, found that health IT leaders aren’t confident they can defend themselves against cyberattacks. In fact, 96% of IT professionals who responded said that the attackers are significantly ahead of them and could probably cut through the protection their organizations have in place. Given that stat, it’s not surprising that over 90% of healthcare organizations have seen a data breach since Q3 2016. Worse, almost 50% reported that they had more than five data breaches during this period. Not only that, more than 180 million records have been stolen since 2015, a staggering haul which affects roughly one in every 12 healthcare consumers. On the surface, it might seem surprising that healthcare organizations haven’t toughened their defenses given the number of threats they face. Actually, they are, but they’re being outgunned. It’s not that they’re not making cybersecurity inve...
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