Security News > 2020 > December > Healthcare in Crisis: Diagnosing Cybersecurity Shortcomings in Unprecedented Times
The pandemic's unprecedented impact on healthcare lay bare the gaping holes in the healthcare industry's cybersecurity defenses.
Woods, who has worked for the past 10 years with small hospitals, healthcare focused nonprofits and government entities, added, "If technology goes offline, doctors and nurse practitioners can no longer give the quality of care that they were able to, or to as many people. Right now, with COVID-19, there's a dramatic rise in the attack surface and the number and types of systems that are being used," he said.
With COVID-19, all of the existing issues that make healthcare cybersecurity difficult have become magnified, say experts.
While hospitals, doctors' offices and other healthcare stakeholders wrestle with a morass of cybersecurity challenges, threat actors have been paying attention - as evidenced by a cresting cybercriminal offensive on the healthcare industry.
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