Healthcare IT News April 17, 2024
Meeting the cybersecurity challenges of 2024 requires healthcare organizations to boost their organizational capabilities, which are often below-average compared to other industries, researchers said.
Healthcare is the industry that’s most likely to self-assess as having “very mature security,” according to a new cyber readiness report from Kroll. But it’s also one of the most-breached sectors – topping the list in 2022 and coming in second this past year.
That discrepancy can be traced to many factors – not least the fact that healthcare organizations have long been among the top targets of cybercriminals and bad actors.
But it also reflects some unique factors related to how health systems approach and assess their own cybersecurity readiness, according to the new research...