Ransomware in Healthcare Facilities: A Harbinger of the Future?

According to a 2016 report by Verizon, 85 percent of successful exploits take advantage of vulnerabilities such as old patches.29 The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of recent ransomware infections in the healthcare setting, the risk liabilities and costs associated with infections...

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Veröffentlicht in:Perspectives in health information management 2018-07, p.1-22
Hauptverfasser: Spence, Nikki, Bhardwaj, Niharika, Paul, David P, Coustasse, Alberto
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Zusammenfassung:According to a 2016 report by Verizon, 85 percent of successful exploits take advantage of vulnerabilities such as old patches.29 The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of recent ransomware infections in the healthcare setting, the risk liabilities and costs associated with infections, and possible risk mitigation tactics. If payment is made to the cybercriminal, it encourages hackers and other criminals to use ransomware attacks, whereas proper disaster recovery and risk mitigation discourage the ransomware process (shown in Figure 1). Because the emphasis of this review was on the use of new technology in healthcare settings, this research framework was suitable for the current study. Inclusion Criteria and Literature Analysis The literature review generated 118 sources, of which 74 were used in the results section. Because ransomware has only recently become an issue in healthcare IT, searches were limited to articles published between 2005 and 2017 in the English language. Without this information, this study relied on data from other business fields and expert interview information, which may or may not apply to the average healthcare facility during and after a ransomware attack. Because ransomware is a relatively new concern in healthcare, information on the long-term consequences, effects, and damages that a healthcare facility may face after a ransomware attack was also limited.
ISSN:1559-4122
1559-4122