Health IT Security August 11, 2022
Experts share insights on this year’s healthcare cybersecurity trends, citing the continued prominence of ransomware and ongoing medical device security risks.
A constant stream of ransomware attacks, increasing technological complexity, and escalating medical device security concerns across the sector have put pressure on healthcare cybersecurity efforts so far in 2022.
In conversation with HealthITSecurity, several experts offered their thoughts on current cybersecurity trends and predictions for what’s to come.
BREACHES, RANSOMWARE CONTINUE TO OVERWHELM HEALTHCARE SECTOR
In the first six months of the year, covered entities reported 337 healthcare data breaches (impacting more than 500 individuals each) to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
According to a report by Fortified Health Security, 80 percent of those breaches were...
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