Cyberattacks on healthcare facilities were a concern before COVID-19. The frequency and severity of threats have evolved in the wake of it. As the attack surface expands across health systems, cybercriminals are increasingly probing for vulnerabilities. Cyberattacks are costly to a hospital’s reputation and its bottom line, but patient care of course is the top priority.
A growing concern amid this environment is the security of medical devices, which are growing in number and complexity and are increasingly being connected to a network. The pandemic has further exposed the risk and underscored the need to help protect your organization.
How COVID Escalated Cybersecurity Risks for Medical Devices
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised the threat hospital systems face in a handful of notable ways.
One is the most obvious: Hospitals are preoccupied with a healthcare crisis whose scale and severity the world has never known. Providers are working long days under stressful conditions. A mental slip-up at the keyboard on a phishing email is understandable after hours spent on the treatment floor trying to save lives. Mental fatigue, cybercriminals know, is a vulnerability.
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