Healthcare staff lack basic cyber security awareness

The consequences of a security breach in the healthcare sector can be severe, yet a new survey reveals that healthcare staff are among the most likely to fall victim to social engineering attacks. The study from SecurityScorecard exposes vulnerabilities across 700 healthcare organizations including medical treatment facilities, health insurance agencies and healthcare manufacturing companies. Among the findings are that over 75 percent of the entire healthcare industry has been infected with malware over the last year, with healthcare manufacturing reaching almost 90 percent malware infection rates. Healthcare has the fifth highest count of ransomware among all industries and 96 percent of… [Continue Reading]