Forbes August 28, 2019
As a cybersecurity expert with more than 15 years of experience, I’ve seen reverse engineering used for many things: to improve software compatibility, to overcome certain tech challenges and even to boost security. The health care industry — which has certainly felt the sting of cybersecurity breaches in recent years — could really stand to benefit from the final use case.
Consider this: According to Integris Software’s 2019 Healthcare Data Privacy Maturity Study, 70% of health care companies are confident or very confident about the location and security of their sensitive data, yet 25% of health care companies suffered a mobile-related breach in 2018. Until health care companies start reverse engineering source code to identify security flaws, they’ll never be...