Protecting Patient Lives Through Cybersecurity in Healthcare

### Executive Summary: Healthcare organizations face a heightened cyber threat landscape—accounting for 24.2% of global data breaches—driven by ransomware, third-party supply chain compromises, and insecure connected medical devices; the report reviews these risks, regulatory pressures (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR), and recommends continuous third-party monitoring, network segmentation, healthcare-specific incident response planning, security-aware workforce practices, and adoption of frameworks like NIST to protect patient safety and ensure operational continuity.