further underscoring the importance of fundamental security controls and cyber-resilience. The cyberattack was a success because cyberthreat actors usedcompromised credentials to remotely access a Change Healthcare Citrix portalthat was not protected by MFA. ...
The average healthcare data breach now exceeds $6.5 million or $429 per patient. Healthcare workers have a responsibility to safeguard their patients, and that includes their personal data. Beyond this, however, these statistics shed light on the general state of cybersecurity in healthcar...
As threats increasingly target the healthcare sector, these organizations are also facing acritical shortageof cybersecurity professionals. On average, cybersecurity jobstake 70% longerto fill than other IT roles, often due to the potential consequences and ramifications of a cyberattack. Security-relat...
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Cybersecurity often seems to just get in the way of people trying to do their jobs and when those jobs help save people’s lives, it matters. However, cybersecurity in healthcare is not straightforward. The data that are collected, stored and used are valuable and precious, and the w...
"I focus more on keeping the professionals that I have and making sure that I don't have those open roles," Young continued. Young advised those looking to enter the cybersecurity field without prior IT experience to get internships and work onfoundational IT skillsto get a...
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Anotherhealthcare identity and access managementchallenge is the constantly mobile workforce, where healthcare professionals require the same access to do their jobs no matter where they are—increasing the likelihood of data breaches. In order tomitigate data breachesin healthcare, you have to stay ...
The healthcare industry invests less than 6% of its budget on cybersecurity while the US spends 16% of its federal budget on cybersecurity. Healthcare cybersecurity jobs take longer to get filled when compared to IT cybersecurity jobs by 70%. 67% of the public thinks hospitals should be ...
Remote work is a critical part of the future of cybersecurity and many other industries. For those who continue to work remotely or in a hybrid model, the need for robust cybersecurity practices needs to be a priority. But one of the biggest obstacles to that is isolation. Article North...