Recent ransomware attacks at Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health made national headlines and reinforced just how important cybersecurity is for CIOs.
Here are five cybersecurity updates reported by Becker's since Oct. 11.
- A survey from cybersecurity company Trend Micro Incorporated found that 25 percent of healthcare organizations that were hit by ransomware attacks were forced to completely halt operations.
- Sixty-one percent of healthcare organizations have had their cloud infrastructure attacked in the past year, according to a study from cybersecurity vendor Netwrix.
- FBI data found that 25 percent of ransomware attacks targeted the healthcare industry.
- The FBI and HHS issued a warning about the Daixin Team, a ransomware group targeting healthcare organizations.
- A new report from ISC found that the U.S. has a shortage of 400,000 cybersecurity professionals.