COMBATING CYBERATTACKS: How Payers and Providers Are Managing Digital Identity Authentication
COMBATING CYBERATTACKS: How Payers and Providers Are Managing Digital Identity Authentication
11 PagesIn 2020, the healthcare industry saw an unprecedented rise in cybersecurity threats. From data breaches to ransomware attacks, the healthcare industry reported 655 incidents last year. The issue is so large it prompted the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), the FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA) to issue a warning of a notorious ransomware group responsible for over 400 cyberattacks. One Illinois-based medical group is facing a lawsuit after a cyberattack exposed 600,000 protected health records. Another Arizona medical center has to rebuild over 35,000 patient records impacted by a recent ransomware attack on its EHR system.
