75% of cyberattacks disrupt patient care

A survey of 1,100 cybersecurity, engineering, IT and networking professionals from healthcare organizations reported that 60 percent of cyberattacks have had a moderate or substantial impact on care delivery. 

An additional 15 percent of respondents said cyberattacks led to a severe impact on care delivery and compromised patients' health or safety, according to the Aug. 29 findings from Claroty, a cyber-physical systems protection company. 

Here are additional findings from the report:

• Nearly a third of respondents whose organization experienced a cybersecurity incident in the past year incurred costs from the attack that totaled more than $1 million.
  
  
• Forty-seven percent reported at least one incident that affected systems such as medical devices and building management systems.
  
  
• Seventy-eight percent of respondents said their organizations experienced at least one cybersecurity incident over the last year.