Report Finds 92 Percent of Healthcare Organizations Confident in Ability to Respond to Cyberattack
Hikvision Blogs About Security Concerns in Healthcare
Security magazine’s article, “Top Cybersecurity Challenges in the Healthcare Industry,” covers the Infoblox report “Cybersecurity in Healthcare,” which found a reduction in security concerns over a two-year period. Ninety-two percent of healthcare organizations feel confident in their ability to respond to a cyberattack, up from 82 percent two years ago.
The report aims to understand changes in how healthcare organizations have evolved since the WannaCry cyberattack two years before. Infoblox surveyed 600 IT professionals from the U.K., U.S., Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
From the report, “Due to the massive amount of sensitive information, the healthcare industry has long been considered a prime target for cybercriminals. But with a recently heightened focus on IoT and digitalization within the industry, the past few years have seen a significant jump in healthcare-specific security vulnerabilities. According to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the number of annual health data [security] breaches have increased 70 percent to 344 over the past seven years, with 75 percent of the breached, lost, or stolen records–132 million–being targeted by a hacking or IT incident.
Other study results include:
- Almost 40 percent of respondents were unaware if their organization would pay if a ransomware attack (a type of malware) occurred.
- Healthcare organizations are spending more on cybersecurity than in 2017. Top investments were on anti-virus software, firewalls and application security.
- 56 percent of respondents “have automated systems in place that actively scan their networks for suspicious activity and 31 percent have their own Security Operation Centers (SOCs) for the same purpose,” according to the article.
For more about the research and security concerns in healthcare, click here to read the entire article.
To learn more about cybersecurity in healthcare, read Hikvision’s recent blog “Security Concerns in Healthcare Cybersecurity Practices.”