Health companies should invest in analytics to ward off cyber attacks, says report

  • 28 November 2014
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Over the last few months we have seen quite a few health companies/hospitals etc. being targeted by the criminals and due to the sensitive nature of the material held by them action does need to be taken to prevent the attacks.
 
By Peter Gothard   28 Nov 2014
 
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Healthcare firms are at greater risk than ever before from malicious cyber attacks, and should start to invest in threat intelligence reporting to combat the danger, an IDC report has warned.
Drawing on findings in the 2014 IDC Insights Cross Industry Cyber Threat Survey, the Business Strategy: Thwarting Cyber Threats and Attacks Against Healthcare Organizations report revealed that 39.4 per cent of healthcare organisations in the US had suffered more than 10 malicious cyber attack in the past 12 months, with 27.1 per cent of attacks described as "successful". Although only covering the US, the research is likely to reflect the level of threat facing the NHS.
 
"For healthcare organisations, it's not a matter of if they are going to be attacked but when," said Lynne Dunbrack, VP of research for IDC Health Insights.
 
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