Healthcare’s Biggest Cybersecurity Blind Spots and Misconceptions

The current threat landscape demands healthcare providers take immediate action before joining the growing list of breached organizations. Parker explained that providers need to first have a grasp on their asset inventory, a complete list of vendors, and who's responsible for tackling internal risks.

In the long-term, healthcare providers need a plan to assess and address third-party risks, making sure to ask vendors how they are protecting their products throughout the lifecycle, as well as their plan for protecting the integrity of product updates.

After identifying technologies that are no longer supported, administrators also need to determine how to effectively isolate the vulnerable tech from the main network through segmentation or a network enclave to make sure they’re no longer accessible to the network or public-facing endpoints.