Attacks on medical devices and medical infrastructure are increasing much faster that cyber attacks overall, because the market values for medical information is 10 to 20 times that of other personal or financial information.
There's a growing number of connected medical devices with their own operating systems and vulnerabilities, and dumb devices communicating over vulnerable networks.
Why are healthcare organization being targeted by hackers? There are two primary reasons. First, healthcare is a laggard industry from a technology adoption standpoint. Consequently, the robust security stance that is present in other industries is lacking in healthcare. Gaps and vulnerabilities abound - and hackers are swift to take advantage of them.
Second, there is a great deal of latency in healthcare...
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