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Study: 92% of Healthcare Firms Hit by Cyberattacks This Year

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Study: 92% of Healthcare Firms Hit by Cyberattacks This Year

Healthcare organizations should rethink some of their approach to security, particularly by enhancing their focus on insider threats, improving cyber awareness training, and securing mobile applications and devices, said Ryan Witt, vice president of industry solutions at Proofpoint, discussing findings of a newly released study. The third annual study – Cyber Insecurity in Healthcare: The Cost and Impact on Patient Safety and Care 2024 – was sponsored by Proofpoint and conducted by research firm Ponemon…

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Supply Chain, Cloud Compromise Worries Growing in Healthcare

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Supply Chain, Cloud Compromise Worries Growing in Healthcare

Supply chain attacks and cloud compromises are now overshadowing ransomware as top cyberthreats worrying healthcare sector organizations – but all such incidents are still viewed as significant risks to patient outcomes and safety, said Ryan Witt of security vendor Proofpoint about findings from a new study conducted with research firm Ponemon Institute. The study of 653 healthcare IT and security professionals released Wednesday found that concerns about ransomware as the top cyber threat have dipped….

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Connected Medical Devices—the Next Target for Ransomware Attacks | Healthcare IT Today

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Connected Medical Devices—the Next Target for Ransomware Attacks | Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Ryan Witt, Healthcare Cybersecurity Leader at Proofpoint The Internet of Medical Things, or IoMT, is a deep web of interconnected devices that increasingly plays a vital role in care delivery. Unfortunately, these devices have also significantly enhanced healthcare’s cyber risk, and security researchers have raised alarms about the vulnerabilities of these devices for more than a decade. While we haven’t seen threat actors widely exploiting the vulnerabilities in…

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