Healthcare DIVE September 17, 2020
Dive Brief:
- Only 44% of healthcare institutions met national cybersecurity standards in 2019, according to an annual report from consulting firm CynergisTek. That’s a slight drop from 45% compliance in 2017 and 47% in 2018.
- Looking at historical client data, CynergisTek found declines in four of the five core functions outlined in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s framework for companies to protect themselves against cyber attacks: identify, protect, respond and recover. The last core function, detect, remained flat across three years.
- CynergisTek said cybersecurity is more important than ever as telehealth and remote work have become the norm. “It has already been made crystal clear that due to COVID-19, care delivery and IT delivery models are transforming...