Five things from the report to note about the state of cybersecurity in the healthcare sector:
- Remote work, telehealth and new technologies, such as remote monitoring services and connected medical devices, are allowing hackers to gain more access to hospitals and health systems.
- Healthcare systems will need to deploy and create additional resources to thwart cyberattacks as these exposure risks rise.
- With hospitals facing heightened financial stress from elevated labor costs and high inflation, there have been little funds left over for cyber risk defenses.
- Cyber insurance, which is widely held among hospitals, is becoming increasingly expensive and is providing less coverage.
- U.S. health insurers have increasingly become a target for cyberattacks, especially ransomware, but their threat level isn’t as high as that of health systems and hospitals.
