Healthcare IT Today November 25, 2020
New research suggests that despite extensive efforts to turn the tide, healthcare organizations continue to struggle with fending off cyberattackers, in part due to a dramatic shortage of security talent for hire.
The recent study surveyed 2,464 security professionals from 705 provider organizations to look at gaps, vulnerabilities and deficiencies in their employers’ security infrastructure which may leave them open to breaches by cybercriminals.
In theory, providers should have the means to protect themselves. According to the researchers, healthcare industry leaders expect to spend $134 billion on cybersecurity from 2021 to 2026, starting at $18 billion in 2021 and increasing 20% each year to almost $37 billion in 2026.
Despite this spending, however, 96% of IT respondents reported that data...