Why The Healthcare Industry is Prone to Breaches

This report summarizes the escalating cybersecurity crisis in the healthcare sector—noting record breach costs (average USD 10.93M), roughly 44 million records exposed in 2022, and widespread ransomware and hacking impacts—and attributes the trend to an expanding attack surface (cloud, mobile and connected medical devices), unmanaged and legacy assets, staffing shortages, human error, and complex regulatory requirements; it recommends continuous monitoring, strong asset/inventory control, a security-minded culture, HIPAA-focused controls, and full-service incident response capabilities to detect, respond to, and recover from breaches.