{"id":7930,"date":"2022-06-13T15:17:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T13:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tauli.cat\/institut\/?p=7930"},"modified":"2022-07-04T11:51:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T09:51:00","slug":"cybersecurity-in-healthcare-vulnerabilities-trends-and-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tauli.cat\/institut\/actualitat\/vigilancia-tecnologica\/2022\/06\/cybersecurity-in-healthcare-vulnerabilities-trends-and-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity in Healthcare: vulnerabilities, trends and challenges","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the last years, hospitals and health systems have increasingly embraced<\/strong> digital technologies<\/strong>, such as cloud, Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), remote monitoring, and more, to offer the best patient care. However, as more digital technologies are adopted, the risk of cyberattack<\/strong> potentially increases.<\/p>\n

Healthcare data is particularly sensitive to cyberattack<\/strong>, since healthcare cyber breaches often involve loss of sensitive personal information and medical records. Digitally-connected medical devices are also susceptible to cyberattack<\/strong>, and interference with how these devices operate could potentially lead to patient harm or even death.<\/p>\n

In addition to this, the emergence of Covid-19 has boosted the digitalisation process of healthcare systems worldwide<\/strong>, increasing the associated cybersecurity risks. To cope with the pandemic, health systems have performed several actions to care for an unprecedented number of patients, but some of these actions have led to a breach in cybersecurity:[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”8134″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” css_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]In this scenario, healthcare systems are actually plagued by cyberattacks<\/strong> that are advanced, persistent, and which can wreck both operations and reputation. Healthcare organizations manage an array of assets, including infrastructure, applications, managed and unmanaged endpoints, mobile devices, and cloud services, all of which can be attacked. Given the increasingly sophisticated and widespread nature of these attacks, the healthcare industry must make cybersecurity a priority and commit to the investments necessary to protect its patients<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”0″][vc_tta_section title=”Top 4 cybersecurity threats” tab_id=”1652260361796-25141243-9905″][vc_column_text]Cyber-attacks on independent practitioners as well as large, integrated healthcare systems have infected even the most protected networks. In 2021, healthcare systems suffered the highest number of cyber-attacks<\/strong>, with ransomware -1.203 attacks of this type where reported-, and phishing attacks as the leading dangers, some of them affecting a large number of patients. In the same year, 45.67 million patient records were breached, confirming the highest levels of exposure since 2015<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here, the top 4 cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities<\/strong> that affect the healthcare systems are summarised:[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”8132″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” css_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]In the following 4 sections, these type of threats are studied in more detail.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Phishing attack” tab_id=”1652360986270-917c126e-362d”]

What is phishing and its motivations<\/span><\/h5>[vc_column_text]Phishing is a fraudulent practice<\/strong> that consists of simulating a false identity<\/strong>, often by impersonation of the identity of a person or a specific organization, with the aim of inciting victims (contacted by e-mail, telephone or text message) to carry out an action that would enable cybercriminals to steal their personal data<\/strong>, usually data credentials or credit card numbers.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7975″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInLeft”][vc_column_text]This type of attack is usually used by cybercriminals in credential theft<\/strong>, the spread of malicious programming<\/strong> and also frau<\/strong>d distribution<\/strong>:[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”8136″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” css_animation=”none”]
Must-Know phishing statistics in Healthcare<\/span><\/h5>[vc_column_text]\n