Report: Cyber risk factors impacting healthcare firms

According to statistics from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS), 861 breaches of protected health information have been reported over the last 24 months. These numbers don’t exactly offer a good prognosis of cybersecurity standing among healthcare providers.

HealthcareRiskSurfaceReport-thumbIn this report, we diagnose factors contributing to this state of affairs and share important results from our research to aid those managing cyber risk in the healthcare sector.

Key findings include: 

  • Healthcare boasts one of the highest average rates of severe security findings.
  • The average rate of severe security exposures in cloud-based assets is 10x higher than assets hosted on-premises.
  • Vendors such as those in Medical Equipment, Insurance, and Electronic Health Records displayed a high percentage of critical security findings - exposing the firms they support

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