Every business can suffer financially and reputationally from Denial of Service attacks or ransomware, but in healthcare, patient safety is at risk. In this video, two cybersecurity experts advise healthcare organizations not to fret over AI and advanced attacks, but to shore up the “basic fundamentals”: training against phishing attacks, practicing responses to attacks, and proven cyber technologies.
In the interview below, Ryan Witt, Managing Director, Industries Solutions Group at Proofpoint, guides viewers on how to apportion scarce resources. Figure out who is most likely to be attacked. (Interestingly, for reasons you can learn in the video, hospices are common targets.)
Tom Stafford, Director, Healthcare Strategy at CDW, has a chance to talk with and advise a lot of healthcare organizations. One of the suggestions he shares regularly is in order to prepare for ransomware, do table-top exercises involving many departments, including senior leadership.
Some help is coming. Insurers offer discounts to organizations whose cybersecurity is more mature. Boards of directors are starting to understand better the link between attacks and patient safety, making the need to invest in security less abstract.
Because security professionals are in such high demand, outsourcing is increasing, along with the use of outside vendors to bolster in-house staff.
See the video for more insights, including the importance of identity access management, vulnerability patch management, and pen testing.
Learn more about CDW: https://www.cdwg.com/healthcare
Learn more about Proofpoint: https://www.proofpoint.com/healthcare
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