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.
