Health IT Security June 23, 2022
API adoption is rapidly increasing across the healthcare sector, but the cybersecurity risks that come along with APIs cannot be ignored.
Application Programming Interface (API) adoption is steadily increasing in the healthcare sector, but APIs do not come without cybersecurity risks. In fact, Gartner predicted that API attacks would become the most common attack vector by 2022.
In healthcare, evidence suggests that API adoption could revolutionize interoperability efforts and health data exchange. In addition, providers are increasingly implementing APIs to comply with the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule. Meanwhile, the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard is quickly gaining recognition in the health IT space.
In a recent report, Imperva partnered with the Marsh McLennan Global...
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