CYBERSECURITY
good example was the WannaCry ransomware attack back in 2017 .” WannaCry was a worldwide attack that spread to more than 150 countries , and became the biggest cyber attack the UK ’ s National Health Service ( NHS ) had ever experienced . Malware encrypted data on computers belonging to 81 out of 236 NHS trusts across England ; as a result thousands of appointments and operations were cancelled . A subsequent investigation found that this could have been prevented .
Ray says organisations should first address what he calls “ low hanging fruit ”. “ The application side is the primary access point for everything that ' s going to happen anywhere in the organisation ” he says . “ It doesn ’ t matter what EMR or systems you ' re using , whether you ' ve outsourced or brought things in-house , the majority of your users are going to access
“HEALTHCARE HAS TO GET ITS SECURITY TEAMS OVER THE HUMP TO REALISE THIS IS SOMETHING THEY CAN DO - THEY CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITH TECHNOLOGY ”
TERRY RAY SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY , IMPERVA
44 April 2021