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Addressing locky ransomware and other malware attacks

Control and multivendor orchestration to reduce your attack surface

Published April 2016

The recent wave of ransomware attacks has highlighted serious security vulnerabilities in many healthcare IT systems—vulnerabilities that are also prevalent in other industry segments.

This growing trend of attacking healthcare targets isn’t surprising, given the high value and sensitivity of patient information.

The healthcare industry is an early adopter of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies used in virtually every piece of electronic medical equipment today.

Moreover, healthcare practitioners are power users of mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, which further expand the attack surface.

The medical industry is also accelerating its testing and acceptance of remote diagnostics, monitoring and telemedicine applications—all of which include networked mobile or IoT devices that must be secured.