US Healthcare at risk: Strengthening resiliency against ransomware attacks

The healthcare sector faces a rapidly increasing range of cybersecurity threats, with ransomware attacks emerging as one of the most significant. A combination of valuable patient data, interconnected medical devices, and small IT/cybersecurity operations staff, which spreads resources thin, can make healthcare organizations prime targets for threat actors. As healthcare operations become increasingly digitized—ranging from electronic health records (EHR) to telemedicine platforms and networked medical devices—the attack surface of hospitals grows more complex, further heightening their vulnerability to attacks.

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