Healthcare data breaches account for over 22% of the data breaches so far in 2017. To put a number on it, that’s nearly 2 million health data records. If you’re looking for an idea of what’s to come the remainder of 2017 and on into 2018, the indicators say there’s no time like the present to strengthen all points of your cybersecurity program, regardless of organization size.
Here are my updated predictions for the remainder of the year:
Cybersecurity Risk Analysis will move to the top of prevention tactics. When I put together my 2017 trends predictions, I said that 2016 was the year of Ransomware attacks. So far, that holds true with worldwide ransomware attacks such as WannaCry and Petya taking place earlier this year.
