Forbes December 20, 2022
Mike has over 15 years of experience in healthcare, including extensive experience designing and developing medical devices. MedCrypt, Inc.
In a time of growing global and domestic tension and conflict, critical infrastructure and the public sector will continue to be targeted. Digital operational technology (OT) also faces the threat of kineticised cyberattacks. Based on these trends, it is certainly advisable to heed the insight from Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. National Security Advisor: “Today, the cyber economy is the economy. Corrupt those networks and you disrupt this nation.”
In this climate, another WannaCry-like attack with broad socioeconomic implications is certainly possible, including an impact on the health care industry. Although we can’t precisely predict the future of cyber events, we can...