DOTmed June 29, 2020
Axel Wirth

Unfortunately and tragically, the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated that our public health and care delivery systems were inadequately prepared for this type of event. Although many front line workers fought, and still are fighting, heroic battles, they often did so lacking proper equipment and resources and without needed support and plans in place. One further area of weakness that has become apparent is the cybersecurity posture of the healthcare industry which, historically, has not been one to lead in this area and now has even been challenged even more.

Traditionally, the focus in healthcare has been on privacy laws and regulations, such as HIPAA, only recently coming to terms with the fact that compliance does not assure protection against sophisticated...

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