HealthTech July 22, 2024
Continuous validation is central to the zero-trust framework, but related security controls shouldn’t burden clinicians.
Faced with rising threats, healthcare IT leaders are increasingly turning to zero trust. As a cybersecurity framework, zero trust requires all users, both inside and outside an organization’s network, to be authenticated, authorized and continuously validated before they gain access to applications and data. Zero trust is a strategy, not a product.
Given the inevitability of breaches, zero trust works on the assumption that cybercriminals likely have already compromised the environment and prevents them from attacking from within. In short: Never trust, always verify.
In 2023, 61% of organizations had a zero-trust initiative in place, up from just 24% two years earlier, according to a...