When cyber risk becomes patient risk
Why the next cybersecurity conversation in healthcare is not about data. It is about whether care can continue. For years, healthcare cybersecurity has largely been discussed as a data protection problem. Protect patient records. Secure personal information. Meet regulatory requirements. Prevent breaches. All remain essential. But they no longer capture the scale of the risk. Healthcare has become extraordinarily dependent on connected digital infrastructure. Electronic health records, diagnostic platforms, imaging systems, laboratories, pharmacies, connected medical devices, cloud services, communications networks and third-party platforms now form part of the machinery through which modern healthcare is delivered. That changes the cybersecurity question....