Ransomware groups have targeted hospitals for years, but they are also going after outpatient facilities and smaller providers.
While hospitals have endured the threat of attacks from ransomware groups for years, other providers are targets for attacks.
Ransomware groups are going after ambulatory surgical centers, physician practices and specialty care groups, says Steve Cagle, the CEO of Clearwater, a cybersecurity firm.
Greg Garcia, executive director of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council’s Cybersecurity Working Group, talked about the risks to health providers, including smaller facilities, when he testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee last week.
“This threat is particularly acute for small, rural, critical access and underserved, under-resourced health providers that are operating on razor thin or negative margins and haven’t the capability to make sufficient investments in cyber preparedness and response programs,” Garcia testified.
The Cybersecurity Working Group highlighted those threats in a May report sent to the White House and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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