Exploring Today's top Rural Healthcare Cybersecurity Challenges

Rural healthcare cybersecurity remains a challenge for the healthcare sector despite the increased availability of free and low-cost resources, strong public-private partnerships, and promising bill proposals.Despite the sector's best efforts, factors like budget woes, implementation barriers and workforce shortages prevent some rural healthcare entities from leveling up their cybersecurity programs.Healthcare cybersecurity leaders are making significant progress in improving the sector's cybersecurity posture and advocating for additional resources for rural healthcare organizations. However, it is important to understand the ongoing cyber challenges that these entities still face daily, as well as some of the efforts the industry is making to tackle these problems today.