Why is healthcare cybersecurity so underfunded?

Deryck Mitchelson, Field CISO at Check Point Research and former CIO for UK’s NHS Scotland, expresses concern that while healthcare cybersecurity is stated as a top priority, it’s more of a “check-box priority” and doesn’t receive the required funding. In conversation with TechHQ, he discusses the vulnerability of healthcare organizations to cyberattacks, the significance of forming alliances with entities like the Chief Medical Officer to push for investment on cybersecurity in healthcare, and calls for a more efficient communication of the clinical risk in cyberattacks to policymakers.