Infosecurity February 14, 2020
According to a recent report in TechCrunch, over one billion medical images from patients around the world — including CT scans, X-Rays, ultrasounds — are available online for download to anyone with “an internet connection and free-to-download software.” It’s a pretty jarring number and while it is sure to get people talking, the question is: will this revelation change anything?
More vulnerabilities are being found in in the healthcare space, and yet very little action seems to come as a result. It’s a damning indictment on the state of digital risk management in healthcare today, but the fact is that it’s not even surprising anymore.
While more than 50% of healthcare leaders report that “contending with fast evolving cyber threats”...