Hospitals face significant challenges in protecting patient data, and these challenges are even more acute for small community hospitals, which sometimes experience issues with staffing and lack of expertise.
The most obvious issue facing many hospitals is simply the age – and in some cases, the near-obsolescence – of their hardware. Outdated software such as Windows XP or old versions of SQL have security holes that cyber thieves can easily exploit. Even if a hospital runs more recent applications, it may not update them often enough. Software patches should be applied every 90 days, not once a year, as some hospitals do.
Full article: https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/88622-are-small-hospitals-more-vulnerable-to-data-breaches
The most obvious issue facing many hospitals is simply the age – and in some cases, the near-obsolescence – of their hardware. Outdated software such as Windows XP or old versions of SQL have security holes that cyber thieves can easily exploit. Even if a hospital runs more recent applications, it may not update them often enough. Software patches should be applied every 90 days, not once a year, as some hospitals do.
Full article: https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/88622-are-small-hospitals-more-vulnerable-to-data-breaches
