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Why do healthcare organizations have a target on their back?
2020-08-18 05:00

While there has been an uptick of attacks on healthcare organizations due to coronavirus, a 2019 Healthcare Data Breach Report found more healthcare records were breached in 2019 than in the six years from 2009 to 2014, indicating that the rise of threats to healthcare records has been an ongoing trend.

Healthcare organizations need to understand the interconnected relationship between cybersecurity and patient care.

Healthcare organizations will remain a top target beyond COVID-19.

Organizations should ensure their infrastructure is secure by using platforms that are designed for healthcare use, while meeting legal privacy requirements.

As 48% of threat actors in healthcare are internal, organizations must monitor for behavioral changes in users and their data, providing visibility to uncover user-based threats that might otherwise go undetected.


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