Security News > 2022 > December > Connected medical devices are the Achilles’ heel of healthcare orgs

The rising adoption of connected medical devices is accelerating cyberattacks, according to Capterra's Medical IoT Survey of healthcare IT professionals.

Medical practices with more than 70% of their devices connected are 24% more likely to experience a cyberattack than practices with 50% or fewer connected devices.

"As a healthcare organization connects more medical devices to its network, its attack surface expands," says Zach Capers, senior security analyst at Capterra.

"Connected medical devices often go unmonitored for security vulnerabilities, and because they run on a wide array of software and hardware platforms, it's difficult to monitor with a single tool. This means that many connected medical devices are left wide open to cyberattacks."

53% of healthcare IT staff rate the cybersecurity threat level in the industry as high or extreme, yet many healthcare organizations are not taking the necessary steps to protect medical IoT devices.

Healthcare practices should conduct routine vulnerability assessments before connecting medical devices to their IT network.

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