Healthcare IT Today June 1, 2023
The following is a guest article by Preston Duren, Vice President of Cybersecurity Operations at Fortified Health Security
The need for adequate cybersecurity has never been higher for the nation’s hospitals and health systems.
Many factors are in play, including the continuing risk for cyber incidents and ransomware, more stringent requirements to obtain cyber insurance, an increasingly interoperable patient records environment, and potential federal regulations regarding patient privacy. The heightened need for cybersecurity comes at a time when hospital profit margins are anemic and IT projects take a back seat to patient care initiatives.
However, when the cost of hospital cyber incident remediation tops $10 million and cyber insurance continues to skyrocket, IT leaders and the C-suite must take healthcare...