There's a lesson here for us all: A third of healthcare orgs in Sophos survey 'hit with ransomware in 2020'

There's a lesson here for us all: A third of healthcare orgs in Sophos survey 'hit with ransomware in 2020'

Promo The thought of ransomware gripping the corporate systems we manage is enough to give any of us sleepless nights. The thought of a ransomware attack crippling the healthcare infrastructure all of us rely on is terrifying.


But the high-profile nature of attacks on this sector, and the ways in which healthcare organizations deal with them, have lessons for us all, which is why you should peruse Sophos’ report on The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2021.


Based on a survey of 328 healthcare IT managers in mid-sized organizations across the globe, the report reveals that just over a third of their healthcare organizations (34 per cent) were hit by ransomware last year.

In nearly two thirds of attacks, the cybercriminals successfully encrypted data — a higher “success” rate than the global average.


The report a ..

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