Healthcare Innovation September 8, 2022
Seventy-two percent of those surveyed believe their organizations are vulnerable to a ransomware attack, and 60 percent say this is the type of attack that concerns them the most
Eighty-nine percent of recently surveyed healthcare security officials said that their organizations experienced an average of 43 cyberattacks in the past year. More than 20 percent of the organizations suffering the four most common types of attacks—cloud compromise, ransomware, supply chain, and business email compromise (BEC)/spoofing phishing—said they experienced increased patient mortality rates.
The report, “Cyber Insecurity in Healthcare: The Cost and Impact on Patient Safety and Care,” was released by cybersecurity company Proofpoint Inc. and Ponemon Institute, an IT security research organization. It surveyed 641 healthcare IT and security practitioners...