In recent years, digital transformation has conspicuously changed numerous industries, reshaping everything from retailing to manufacturing — including healthcare. Like many other industries, the healthcare sector was compelled to rapidly adopt a combination of remote and distributed work, supported behind the scenes by an array of digital healthcare technologies.
While these technologies created new benefits and efficiencies, they also expanded the healthcare sector's attack surfaces, offering threat actors opportunities to breach important digital infrastructure. Cybercriminals have exploited these threats to devastating effect, ransoming hospitals and entire healthcare systems by shutting down critical functions, including medical records and billing.