The Anatomy, Physiology, and Psychology of Healthcare Cyberattacks
by Colin Konschak and Shane Danaher Cyberattacks can impact anyone in any organization or market sector these days, but healthcare organizations and the people who work in them are particular targets. It is no longer a matter of “if” but “when” your healthcare organization will be targeted in a cyberattack. In fact, you may […]
Medjacking: A Life or Death Issue for Leaders in Connected Healthcare
In this whitepaper we look at the risks of medjacking and identify key elements of management strategies to help mitigate those risks.
Preparing Your Cybersecurity Breach Response
by Colin Konschak and Shane Danaher If you’re in healthcare, your organization is an especially attractive cybercrime target because of the value of the sensitive information you are trying to safeguard, and how lax cybersecurity generally is in your industry. Recent studies show your costs of being successfully targeted are rising, not falling as […]
Cybersecurity
We were engaged to review, research, and collaboratively implement a customized Security Transformation Program to establish governance and foundation.
Mitigating Cybersecurity Risk: Is Cyber Insurance the Answer?
by Colin Konschak and Shane Danaher Until recently, healthcare executives tended to ignore the need for cybersecurity, as it was perceived to only be a consequence affecting data, which can be replaced. However, since 2014 when cyberattacks against healthcare began ratcheting up, the industry leaders have been forced to acknowledge the increasing cyber threats […]
Why the Dark Web Matters to Healthcare Cybersecurity
by Colin Konschak and Shane Danaher By now people in every business sector have heard about and learned to fear the Dark Web, whether or not they truly understand what it is or why they should be afraid of it. Credit monitoring and financial management companies offer Dark Web threat detection services, promising to keep […]
Held for Ransom: Protecting Yourself Against Growing Cyber Extortion Threats
by Colin Konschak and Shane Danaher Targeting healthcare in cyber extortion attacks is becoming a lucrative business for criminals, but it is also serious business, because when healthcare is hit with cyber extortion, people’s lives are literally being held for ransom. Hospitals, health systems, private practices, and even vendors who support the healthcare system, […]