Why Cybercriminals Target Healthcare Data and How Organisations Can Protect Themselves
HealthManagement, Volume 24 – Issue 3, 2024
Healthcare data garners significant value on the dark web. Health-ISAC Chief Security Officer Errol Weiss provides an overview of why cybercriminals specifically target healthcare organisations and what they can do to better protect themselves.
Key Points
- – Humans are unchangeable, and the personal and medical data contained in EHRs remain perpetually valuable.
- – EHRs are targeted primarily because of the prolonged usability of the data, which gives cybercriminals ample opportunity to sell and exploit the information.
- – Beyond the immediate threat of ransomware, the comprehensive nature of EHRs makes them particularly appealing to cybercriminals.
- – The massive appeal of healthcare data warrants additional cybersecurity measures to prevent sensitive information from falling into the wrong hands.
- – Healthcare organisations must protect EHRs from cybercriminals by bolstering cybersecurity defences and making it much harder for a cyberattack to inhibit operations.
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