With stakes higher than ever, healthcare cybersecurity must rise to meet the moment

The days when a healthcare organization's biggest security worry was a data breach or a HIPAA violation are over. The cyber landscape has changed utterly with the advent of near-daily attacks on hospitals and health systems. Ransomware has become a near-daily occurrence and now routinely disrupts critical IT systems for days, weeks, even months – posing serious threats to patient safety and essential financial functions.

Thankfully, healthcare organizations are now taking the threat seriously in a way they may not have several years ago. As IT and security leaders guard against current threats and try to forecast future ones, they face a challenging task.