Preparing For A Cyberattack—In Four Steps

Cyberattacks—an attempt by hackers to damage, destroy, or hold hostage a computer network, system, or data—have come to health and human service organizations. Health care organizations spend an average of $1.4 million on cyber attacks (see the report from Radware, The Trust Factor: Cybersecurity's Role in Sustaining Business Momentum), and one of the the highest ransomware demand of 2018 was $8.5 million (see Beazley Breach Briefing - 2019).

The field has become a prime target for hackers. Health care now has twice the number of cyberattacks per day compared to other industries (32,000 attacks on . . .