Cybersecurity in healthcare: The critical connection to patient safety

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) of healthcare organizations face the grave responsibility of ensuring patient safety with increasing cybersecurity threats. They need to be proactive in implementing cybersecurity measures, adopting modern tech tools to detect issues, conducting staff trainings, and performing regular ransomware readiness assessments. Additionally, preventive steps, proper detection mechanisms, incident response planning, recovery arrangements, and consistent assurance testing can safeguard hospitals from potentially fatal cybersecurity breaches.