Checklist: 4 Steps for Healthcare Security Leaders to Sleep Better at Night

Healthcare data breaches are down 6 percent year over year in the first half of 2022, according to Critical Insight’s 2022 “Healthcare Breach Report.” However, while total breaches are down, numbers remain above pre-pandemic levels, and attackers seem to be shifting their focus from large healthcare facilities to smaller ones. The report notes that attacks on physician groups increased to make up 12 percent of total breaches in the first half of 2020, up from 2 percent during the same period last year.
Cyberattacks don’t always happen during normal business hours, meaning healthcare…