Security frameworks and threat intelligence sharing already exist that hospitals can put to work to defeat cybercriminals.
Consider this a rallying cry: Hospitals, health systems and networks need to join forces, organize, come together as a community, to proactively fend off hackers, hacktivists, organized criminals and other emerging threats all trying to penetrate healthcare entities to either steal patient data or, worse, destroy it altogether.
It’s not just WannaCry, Petya, NotPetya, ransomware in coffee makers (yes, that appears to have really happened) or the newest malware strain, either. Yes, they all startled the industry, if not the world, for a flash. And they’re legitimate threats.
