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Ransomware: An epidemic for the healthcare industry

Ransomware: An epidemic for the healthcare industry

Cisco
Published by: Research Desk Released: Sep 12, 2019

No industry is completely safe from ransomware attacks, but the healthcare industry is especially vulnerable. Criminals – or malicious insiders – are willing to take advantage of security vulnerabilities to exploit critical healthcare systems and demand payment from the victims. The impact of a ransomware attack is extremely costly to your organization and its reputation.

In this infographic, you’ll get the facts on ransomware attacks targeting the healthcare industry — how they work, your first line of defense against them, and how to protect data systems for PII and PHI.