Hospital & Healthcare Management August 26, 2024
As part of critical national infrastructure, with highly sensitive files and documents, UK hospitals have become prime targets for cybercriminals in ever increasing ransomware attacks. Dominating the headlines recently, a hospital data breach can have devastating consequences beyond significant financial loss and severely damaged reputation. This highlights that citizens’ wellbeing and lives are at stake, when business operations are paralysed, leading to the cancellation of planned operations.
With many tools and technology available, healthcare leaders are overwhelmed as to where to start in navigating the evolving landscape of cyber security in healthcare. Being aware of their risks and vulnerabilities to a data breach is the first place to start.
Challenges to secure healthcare data
There are some key challenges facing...