Cybersecurity challenges faced by healthcare industry

Increase in data breaches

In 2023, the average cost of a breach has increased to an average of $10.93 million per incident given the lack of healthcare security awareness training.

Prone to phishing

In 2020 alone, 140,000 phishing emails were sent to National Health Service (NHS) staff in the UK, necessitating the need to invest in security awareness training for healthcare organizations.

Supply chain attacks

Medical supply chain associates like record providers, consultants, billing companies, cloud services, web hosting services, and medical device manufacturers were connected to 15% of data breaches during the first half of 2022.

Most targeted sector

At the height of the COVID-19 epidemic, cyber attacks targeting the healthcare industry grew by 45% in November, accounting for 79% of data breaches in 2020.

Disrupted patient care

Without no prior healthcare security awareness training, 66% of hospitals that experienced a cyberattack said they had to deal with disruptions in patient care.

Increased mortality rates

According to a survey, 23% of respondents say a cyber attack resulted in increased patient mortality rates in the absence of adequate security awareness training for healthcare providers.