In its second annual Study on Cyber Insecurity in Healthcare, Proofpoint sponsored a Ponemon survey of 653 IT and IT security practitioners to find out how much progress the industry has made in the past year. Here are just a few highlights from this year’s report:
- 88% of organizations experienced an average of 40 attacks in the past 12 months
- The average total cost of a cyber attack was nearly $5 million, a 13% increase from the previous year
- 64% of organizations suffered a supply chain attack in the past two years. Among this group, 77% said these attacks impacted patient care
- 63% of organizations had an average of 21 cloud compromises during the past two years
- Ransomware is no longer considered a top threat—only 48% are worried about these attacks
- Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are a growing concern—62% say they’re vulnerable
- Malicious insiders are the No. 1 cause of data loss and exfiltration
You can access the full report on Proofpoint’s website.