The shape of AI regulation will be uncertain under the Trump administration this year, while healthcare companies will continue bolstering cyber defenses to withstand increasing attacks, experts say.
Cybercriminals continue to target healthcare
Cybersecurity proved to be a major challenge for the healthcare sector in 2024, and organizations are taking notice, experts say. But bringing the industry’s cyber protections up to snuff will take time — and hackers are unlikely to stop targeting healthcare firms.
The industry is coming off a year that included multiple high-profile attacks. In early 2024, the entire healthcare ecosystem struggled to manage the fallout from the cyberattack against Change Healthcare, a technology firm and claims processor owned by industry giant UnitedHealth.
The attack — which exposed data from a record-breaking 100 million Americans — was a “milestone event” that highlighted the interconnected nature of the sector, said Errol Weiss, chief security officer at the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or Health-ISAC.
“I think the wake-up moment there was how suppliers could have a single point of failure impact on delivery of healthcare,” Weiss said.
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