Healthcare IT systems have adopted Cloud infrastructure as an essential part of daily workloads that continue integrating, internal and external regulatory and external third party supply chains management network supply worldwide.
According to the latest Cloud Security Report 2022, by cybersecurity vendor Netwrix, healthcare cloud adoption has steadily increased with the current drive toward digital transformation. Following this increase, 73 percent of healthcare organizations who use cloud infrastructure store sensitive data there, which puts the infrastructure at risk for attacks.
"The healthcare sector is a lucrative target for attackers because the chances of success are higher. The first two years of the pandemic exhausted the industry. With patient health being the main priority for these organizations, IT security resources are often too stretched and are focused on maintaining only the most necessary functions," comments Dirk Schrader, VP of Security Research at Netwrix
Recently, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) released guidance warning healthcare organizations about the growing threat of ransomware in the healthcare cloud.
Moving towards 2023 Healthcare systems growing reliance on cloud systems, will place greater emphasis on IT teams, to review and segment the level of automation controls. To avoid widespread Ransomware attacks, "Network segmentation will help prevent one compromised device from impacting the entire system", said Schrader.
