Security News > 2023 > April > The silent killers in digital healthcare

As digital transformation revolutionizes the healthcare industry, its use of API technology is skyrocketing.

APIs, which help users and apps interact and exchange information, are essential tools for healthcare systems striving to achieve greater interoperability.

As APIs become increasingly common in the digital healthcare landscape, it's hard not to notice a troubling trend - API vulnerabilities are becoming so massive you could drive a truck through them.

Healthcare organizations must stop treating API security like an afterthought and architect their APIs with security and compliance as core guiding principles from the outset.

Cyber thieves have taken advantage of API vulnerabilities to execute many high profile healthcare breaches, including the Optus data breach that affected over 11 million patients last year.

Technical leaders in the healthcare industry must be prepared to take offensive action and invest resources in designing more secure APIs to protect patients and their data and stay ahead of the bad guys.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/04/25/digital-healthcare-api-vulnerabilities/