Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum Warns: Ransomware Threats Surge Amid Weak Defenses
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Contributed by: Kate Gamble
Summary
The recent HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum brought attention to the urgent cyber threats facing healthcare, particularly from advanced groups like Scattered Spider, and highlighted a concerning gap between increasing cybersecurity budgets and the preparation of many organizations. Despite spending more, many healthcare systems suffer from inadequate defenses, with some lacking essential measures such as multifactor authentication. Greg Garcia, Executive Director, Health Sector Coordinating Council and Erik Decker, CISO at Intermoutain, emphasized that cybersecurity is a collective effort across all employees, suggesting that improved collaboration and potential regulatory changes could strengthen defenses against evolving cyber threats.
