A healthcare ransomware attack may be inevitable. They’ve increased 300% since 2015. One CIO says that prevention measures and backups are key to protecting the organization.
There are a lot of complicating factors when it comes to a healthcare ransomware attack. Like any cybersecurity threat or attack, health IT professionals want to do everything in their power to prevent one from happening. But equally as important is planning for what can be done after a healthcare organization has been hit by a ransomware attack.
Unfortunately, being hit by a ransomware attack is likely. In early 2016 alone, there were 4,000 daily attacks against healthcare organizations. That’s a 300% increase from the 1,000 daily ransomware attacks reported in 2015,according to a U.S. government interagency report.
However, healthcare CIOs agree that if an organization is hit by a ransomware attack, the ransom should not be paid.
“You really should not be paying these people,” said Harun Rashid, vice president of Global Health Services and CIO of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). “Because once you start paying, you will only, probably, be more of a suspect for other ransomware because they know you are paying and you are giving into those things.” For the full article click here
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