The Healthcare sector sees 340 per cent more security incidents and attacks than the average industry, says research by Raytheon|Websense. The report, 2015 Healthcare Drill-Down Report, examines the current state of cyber threats and data-stealing attacks against an increasingly digital healthcare industry. The report reveals that healthcare is highly-targeted and increasingly vulnerable as the next wave of connected devices hits an already complex technology environment. “The rapid digitization of the healthcare industry, when combined with the value of the data at hand, has lead to a massive increase in the number of targeted attacks against the sector,” said Carl Leonard, Raytheon|Websense principal security analyst. “While the finance and retail sectors have long honed their cyber defenses, our research illustrates that healthcare organizations must quickly advance their security posture to meet the challenges inherent in the digital economy – before it becomes the primary source of stolen personal information.” In 2014, Websense identified a 600 percent increase in cyber-attacks against hospitals within a 10-month period. As a follow up to this discovery, Raytheon|Websense Security Labs recently examined the real-world attack telemetry against healthcare, uncovering new intelligence about the most prolific and effective cyber-attack tools, techniques and security trends impacting the industry. Top findings from the Raytheon|Websense Security Labs 2015 Healthcare Drill-Down include:
Research by Raytheon and Websense has revealed that the healthcare industry faced 340% more security related problems than ﻿the average industry. The report also found that there were over 1 million cyber attacks in 2016 alone. Websense has﻿ revealed that cyber-attacks against hospitals had gone up by 600% during ten months in 2014.