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$15M Singapore-London partnership to help stem APAC's growing healthcare cybersecurity woes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While this growing connectivity does enable better patient monitoring within and beyond the hospital, it also raises cybersecurity risks, compromising patients' personal and medical data and disrupting treatment protocols and hospital operations. billion by 2027 , growing at a 12% CAGR from 2022.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity Is Difficult to Maintain, How a Security Operations Center Can Help

Healthcare IT Today

Hospitals Losing Cybersecurity Battle The number of healthcare data breaches of over 500 records dipped slightly in 2022. Today, that figure is nearly 79%, which means that bad actors are specifically targeting the healthcare industry. That’s good news, right? Last year, 699 breaches affected 51.4

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Connected Medical Devices—the Next Target for Ransomware Attacks

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Ryan Witt, Healthcare Cybersecurity Leader at Proofpoint The Internet of Medical Things, or IoMT, is a deep web of interconnected devices that increasingly plays a vital role in care delivery. About Ryan Witt Ryan Witt is a healthcare cybersecurity leader at the cybersecurity company Proofpoint.