Security News > 2020 > September > Only 44% of healthcare providers conform to protocols outlined by the NIST CSF

Only 44% of healthcare providers, including hospital and health systems, conformed to protocols outlined by the NIST CSF - with scores in some cases trending backwards since 2017, CynergisTek reveals.

The report also found that healthcare supply chain security is one of the lowest ranked areas for NIST CSF conformance.

The report revealed bigger healthcare institutions with bigger budgets didn't necessarily perform better when it comes to security, and in some cases, performed worse than smaller organizations or those that invested less.

"What our report has uncovered over recent years is that healthcare is still behind the curve on security. While healthcare's focus on information security has increased over the last 15 years, investment is still lagging. In the age of remote working and an attack surface that has exponentially grown, simply maintaining a security status quo won't cut it," said David Finn, EVP of Strategic Innovation at CynergisTek.

Make security an enterprise priority: While other sectors like finance and aerospace have treated security as an enterprise-level priority, healthcare must also make this kind of commitment.

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