Security News > 2024 > June > B+ security rating masks healthcare supply chain risks

While the healthcare sector gets a "B+" security rating for the first half of 2024, it faces a critical vulnerability: supply chain cyber risk, according to SecurityScorecard.

The US healthcare industry's security ratings were better than expected, with an average score of 88.

There is still room for improvement: Organizations with a B rating are 2.9x times more likely to be victims of data breaches than those with an A rating.

Application security issues are among the most significant flaws in healthcare attack surfaces - 48% of organizations scoring the lowest in this category.

As a result of Change Healthcare costing some companies $1 million per day, corporate security executives are doubling down on efforts to bolster supplier oversight and cybersecurity measures.

"One single point of failure, like Change Healthcare which underpinned medical claims processing, can cripple the entire healthcare ecosystem. And history will continue to repeat itself if the cybersecurity community does not actively monitor supply chain risk. Together, we must identify and address single points of failure," said Ryan Sherstobitoff, SVP of Threat Research and Intelligence, SecurityScorecard.

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