Report: Healthcare providers protect wrong data, putting patient health at risk

A new report from Independent Survey Evaluators suggests that too many healthcare organisations are focusing on protecting patient data rather than addressing cybersecurity threats that directly affect patient health. The report argues that many systems being protected have little value with regard to personally identifiable information or personal health information and that the focus should be on preventing attacks on systems such as active medical devices, clinicians, medicine, and surgery. In many cases, the report highlights a lack of funding and business shortcomings as causes for these vulnerabilities.