5 Security Predictions Facing Healthcare Organizations in 2022

Ransomware is steadily increasing each and every year, with the healthcare and hospital industries suffering among the most. In 2021, we saw that “The healthcare sector is seeing the highest volumes of ransomware attempts, averaging 109 attempts per entity, every week.” Why is this sector being targeted specifically? They hold extremely sensitive patient data and information. Hackers are working more diligently than ever to find data, threaten hospitals and providers, and even extort individuals themselves. With such a high amount of cybercrime, how can this sector protect itself and its patients? To start, by learning about security trends and working to implement them where they can.

Even with cyberattack numbers rising, and threat actors finding new ways to exploit vulnerabilities, these healthcare providers and hospitals need to continue learning about cybersecurity issues, as well as revising their strategies and tactics to best thwart any attacks. By staying educated on the changing nature of ransomware, they can put the measures needed in place to keep patient information safe. It is absolutely vital that this data remains secure. This in turn will protect patients and ensure that healthcare providers can spend their time doing what they do best – working to improve the health and wellbeing of their communities.