Security News > 2020 > October > New research shows risk in healthcare supply chain

New research from RiskRecon and the Cyentia Institute pinpointed risk in third-party healthcare supply chain and showed that healthcare's high exposure rate indicates that managing a comparatively small Internet footprint is a big challenge for many organizations in that sector.

There is a silver lining: gaining the visibility needed to pinpoint and rectify exposures in the healthcare risk surface is feasible.

Sub sectors within healthcare reveal different risk trends.

It's important to realize that the broader healthcare ecosystem spans numerous industries and these entities often have deep connections into the healthcare provider's facilities, operations, and information systems.

"In 2020, Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center members across healthcare delivery, big pharma, payers and medical device manufacturers saw increased cyber risks across their evolving and sometimes unfamiliar supply chains," said Errol Weiss, CSO at H-ISAC. "Adjusting to the new operating environment presented by COVID-19 forced healthcare companies to rapidly innovate and adopt solutions like cloud technology that also added risk with an expanded digital footprint to new suppliers and partners with access to sensitive patient data."

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