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Ageing and obsolete devices create security vulnerabilities and put healthcare organisations at risk of cyber-attacks. Read this blog to know more.
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Ageing Devices: • These are the kind of devices which are • no longer sold in the market but has the capability to actively support • Obsolete Devices: These are the kind of devices which • are not sold by the vendors nor do they have the capability to support • Current Devices: These • are the kind of devices which are currently active in the market
Global Insights on Ageing and Obsolete devices used by Organizations • 46.3% of organizations networking assets are either aging or obsolete • Technological organizations – 59.6% in 2019 • Public Sector – 61.7% • Healthcare – 52.5% • Retail & wholesale – 49.1%
Reasons why the Healthcare Sector has become the target for Cyber Attackers • Informations which are financially valuable can be gathered from here • It contains personal information • The interconnected Electronic Healthcare Records allow the hackers the data which are kept with the patient’s name
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Growing • concerns over proliferation of connected devices • The heterogeneous nature of the devices causes complications • Devices which have become a critical part of the healthcare environment like heart rate monitors, infusion pumps, biopsy and imaging tables causes the patients data and well-being falls at risk.
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Threat to Healthcare Organizations • The data and information which gets exported to external sources through medical devices like infusion pimps can be manipulated and intercepted which causes a lot of issues. • The shortage of capital makes the healthcare organizations use old devices which increases the chances of attacks. • The security patches in the old devices is not that strong which is a massive threat.
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Mitigations • Old machines need to be secured • Potential threats can be accessed through privileged access control • Incentives must be provided for future generation of devices
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