Healthcare IT News March 14, 2025
More tech companies, and the government, are needed to address rural healthcare cyberattacks, according to the new Microsoft rural hospital cybersecurity landscape report.
How and when will rural hospitals get the tools and resources they need to mitigate cyber threats is an unknown. But to increase awareness about the causes of rural hospital vulnerability and drive more collaboration to enhance their cybersecurity resilience, Microsoft said it envisions immediate and sustained commitment through a public-private partnership.
“We can take action at an unprecedented scale and speed to mitigate cyber risk, drive innovation and ensure both rural hospitals and the Americans they serve are resilient into the future,” Microsoft researchers said in a new whitepaper, The Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Landscape.
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