Security News > 2022 > April > 49% of small medical practices don’t have a cyberattack response plan

Findings reveal that 22% of small practices and 45% of large practices have experienced a ransomware attack at some point, with numbers rising in the past three years.

According to the survey, the majority of both small and large practices said between 81% and 100% of all their data is stored digitally.

Therein lies the problem: 42% of small practices and 25% of large practices spent no more than two hours on IT security and data privacy training in 2021.

"Healthcare cyberattacks are happening daily and are targeting patient data, management systems, and medical devices at vulnerable medical practices," said Lisa Hedges, associate principal medical analyst for Software Advice.

Both small practices and large practices permanently lost their data after either making no attempt to pay a ransom or paying but still not recovering their stolen data.

One in five representatives from small practices didn't know if they had a formal cybersecurity response plan, and another 49% said that they definitely did not.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/04/05/cyberattacks-healthcare-providers/