The healthcare space remains a prime target for cybercriminals, a new article in Becker’s Health IT and CIO Review reports.
“Cybersecurity is becoming an increasing priority in healthcare, but cybercriminals can still skirt hospital and health system security measures. The four primary areas they hone in on include: supply chain, the cloud, biomedical devices and interfaces. ‘Healthcare has spent the last five to six years improving technology, but we didn’t think about securing our systems,’ says [John Gomez, CEO of cybersecurity firm Sensato]. ‘Even small community hospitals will have between 300 and 400 computing systems.’ This represents significant opportunities for cybercriminals to take advantage of poorly secured systems.”
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