Views on Cybersecurity Threats to Health-Care Facilities From Duo Security Director of Security Research Steve Manzuik

A recent wave of ransomware attacks targeting hospitals highlight the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of health-care facilities.

Bloomberg BNA Privacy & Data Security News Senior Legal Editor Jimmy H. Koo posed a series of questions to Duo Security Inc. Director of Security Research Steve Manzuik on cybersecurity threat trends and what health-care facilities should do if they’re subjected to a ransomware attack.

Bloomberg BNA:

Are you seeing any recent trends in cybersecurity threats to health-care facilities?

Steve Manzuik:

Health-care facilities are an interesting problem from a cybersecurity perspective. They have a lot of systems running older, potentially unsupported software that, for various reasons, can’t be replaced or updated. Security teams at these facilities have to deal with outdated application frameworks like JBOSS, outdated client side software like java and flash, old medical devices running unpatchable operating systems and now, we can add cryptolocker/ransomware to the list of potential threats.

While these aren’t really new trends there seems to be a heightened attention on attacking health-care organizations. The ability to monetize a successful attack as well as the willingness for organizations to pay out a ransom seems to have compounded the threats. For the full article click here 

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