Bigger health systems aren’t doing a better job at cybersecurity, report finds. Here’s why

Fierce Health Payers September 18, 2020
Heather Landi

Only 44% of healthcare organizations, including hospitals, health systems and third-party vendors, are meeting national cybersecurity standards designed to protect against cyberattacks.

And bigger healthcare institutions with larger budgets didn’t necessarily perform better when it comes to security, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm CynergisTek. In fact, big organizations sometimes performed worse than smaller organizations or those that invested less, the report found.

In some cases, this was a direct result of consolidation where systems directly connect to newly acquired hospitals without first shoring up their security posture and conducting a compromise assessment, according to CynergisTek.

Analysts at the Austin, Texas-based security firm examined nearly 300 assessments of provider facilities, including hospitals, physician practices, accountable care organizations and...

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