Security News > 2022 > June > Ransomware Risk in Healthcare Endangers Patients
In the last two years, COVID-19 has occupied healthcare providers' minds - rightfully so, considering the pandemic's tremendous toll on patients.
Healthcare leaders, physicians, and other care providers need to look at cybersecurity risks through a new lens - patient health and safety.
Healthcare professionals devote their attention to protecting patients from harm.
A ransomware attack puts patients physically at risk and might be as devastating as a life-threatening disease.
A recent Ponemon Institute report found that a ransomware attack hit 43% of surveyed healthcare delivery organizations in the past two years.
Ransomware threats shine a new light on cybersecurity inadequacies because the impact on patients is immediate, and the harm is much greater than something like a data breach.