Security News > 2020 > March > Healthcare cybersecurity in the time of coronavirus

Patients might end up bearing the brunt of successful cyber attacks but, Covid-19 or no Covid-19, the danger for healthcare organizations has effectively remained the same - only the stakes got higher.

It is crucial for healthcare organizations and agencies not to ignore cybersecurity and data protection at this moment.

Educating healthcare employees about the increased risk of ransomware attacks, Covid-19-themed phishing attacks and disinformation is more important than ever.

Generally, healthcare organizations share many weak links and attack surfaces as every other industry - phishing attacks on employees, cloud infrastructure and a remote workforce - but there are some challenges only they face, notes Sam Roguine, a director at Arcserve.

Healthcare organizations must implement best-in-class centralized security with enhanced detection and response, review security practices, and include every aspect of the organization's operations - not just obvious IT systems like servers, but also medical devices, employees wearables, cloud services, patient systems, and more, he says, and recommends them to follow the NIST Cybersecurity Framework for every aspect of their operations.

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