Security Boulevard March 12, 2020
The healthcare industry is among the most affected by security incidents, and new research shows that two-thirds of all healthcare organizations in the world have suffered a cyberattack of some form.
The value of patient data is a key driver behind hackers’ attempts to compromise healthcare systems. They seek to either steal precious data or wield ransomware to block access to crucial systems, ramping up pressure on health care providers when they’re trying to take care of patients.
A study covering 2,391 IT and IT security practitioners from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux and Scandinavia found that a worrying number of organizations in this field have been targeted over the years, much more than we...