Security News > 2021 > June > Then and Now: Securing Privileged Access Within Healthcare Orgs

Joseph Carson, chief security scientist and advisory CISO at ThycoticCentrify, discusses best practices for securing healthcare data against the modern threat landscape.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of targeted attacks on healthcare provider network servers, email systems and devices has rapidly increased as attackers look to take advantage of the overwhelmed healthcare sector struggling to cope with accelerating demand.

The pandemic has also forced many healthcare providers to adopt and onboard telehealth vendors to allow for remote work and accommodate the influx in traffic as well as continue delivering safe healthcare and reduce the potential spread of COVID-19.

Access control was largely nonexistent however they did require physical access.

While this project was a life-saving improvement that embraced technology and gave medical professionals instant access to patient records, it presented healthcare organizations with a new wave of security and privacy concerns to navigate, specifically relating to identity and access management security controls.

As we witness the increasing number of attacks on healthcare organizations, this data must now be protected with the highest possible security access controls - and there are several key systems and initiatives that organizations can implement to achieve maximum protection.

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