FINAL WORD
Why has healthcare become a target for cybercriminals ?
Intelligent CIO spoke to Kamal Brar , Vice President and General Manager , Asia Pacific and Japan at Rubrik , to find out more about cybersecurity threats to the healthcare sector .
Healthcare is tasked with the massive responsibility of looking after patients , and the responsibility grew all the bigger with the pandemic . However , healthcare ’ s massive responsibility made the sector one of the top five most frequently attacked industries in ASEAN according to Interpol ’ s 2021 ASEAN Cyberthreat Assessment , putting them in the face of a cyber pandemic .
It does not seem to matter how thick the firewalls are , the bad guys are still getting through . When ransomware strikes , organizations either pay the ransom or attempt to recover , but the inevitability in both options is that sleep is lost and so is peace of mind .
Hackers know that if they can exploit an organization ’ s backups , hospitals will have no choice but to pay the ransom . What makes matters worse is that we know that paying the ransom is not a guarantee .
Intelligent CIO spoke to Kamal Brar , Vice President and General Manager , Asia Pacific and Japan at Rubrik , to find out more .
How has the pandemic led to the healthcare industry becoming a target for cybercriminals ?
When the pandemic happened , the healthcare industry became the main focus of cyberthreat , with cybercriminals targeting system vulnerabilities in hospitals , healthcare centers , vaccine manufacturers and laboratories for which they demanded a ransom .
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