Cybersecurity Awareness Month Week 4: Healthcare Supply Chains
HealthIT Answers October 25, 2023
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Each week this month we will take on a new cybersecurity subject and ask our experts in the healthcare industry to weigh in.
Week 4: Healthcare supply chains
According to ZeroFox, Healthcare Sector Report, 2023 Threat Landscape, a key is threat actors able to target upstream elements of increasingly complex healthcare supply chains.
Healthcare is driven on its vendors and their technologies. However, that dependence can come with risks, specifically through increased attack surfaces and attack vectors via your vendors, suppliers, and third parties. The risk associated with third parties and supply chain throughout healthcare is the fastest-growing attack vector. Based on the most current data trends, 2023 will emerge as the worst year ever in...