Why Healthcare Organizations Need an Effective Incident Response Plan

The coronavirus pandemic has challenged healthcare organizations in a variety of ways. Perhaps the most serious of these challenges have come in the security arena. Cybercriminals haven’t taken a break during the crisis; in fact, they’ve scaled up their bad behavior.
The Department of Health and Human Services reported a 50 percent increase in the number of cybersecurity breaches of healthcare networks over the first couple months of the pandemic. Cybercriminals have kept their feet on the gas ever since. A recent report from Black Book Market Research predicts that attacks on the healthcare…