Breaches and cyberattacks are on the rise in the healthcare industry. The recent acceleration of digital technology and connectivity within Healthcare has led to significant patient care delivery improvements, more effective population health management, and better patient outcomes. With this increased technology and connectivity, however, comes increased exposure to cyberattacks that can impact patient care delivery, safety, and privacy.
Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that Healthcare will suffer 2-3X more cyberattacks in 2021 than the average amount for other industries. Woefully inadequate security practices, weak and shared passwords, and vulnerabilities in code expose hospitals to perpetrators intent on hacking treasure troves of patient data.
Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations were predicted to quadruple between 2017 and 2020 and will grow to 5X by 2021, according to a report from Cybersecurity Ventures.
The Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information lists 592 breaches of unsecured protected health…
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December 22, 2020 at 03:19PM
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