Survey: Ransomware Attacks Increase, But Cloud Compromise More Concerning

Healthcare Innovation October 11, 2023
David Raths

Fifty-four percent of respondents said their organization suffered a ransomware attack in the last year, but only 48 percent of respondents said this threat concerns them the most

A recent survey of 653 healthcare IT and security practitioners found that although ransomware remains an imminent threat to healthcare organizations, concerns about it are actually on the decline relative to other threats.

In the survey, conducted by cybersecurity and compliance company Proofpoint Inc. and the Ponemon Institute,54 percent of respondents say their organization suffered a ransomware attack in the last year, up from 41 percent in 2022. However, ransomware fell to the bottom of their threat concerns, with only 48 percent of respondents saying this threat concerns them the most, compared...

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