4 Ways Health Centers Can Stop the Spread of Cyberattacks

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The intense pressures currently pushing on health centers don’t stop at the lines of patients waiting to be treated or vaccinated. First, there’s the obvious spike in attacks that have come with COVID — take, for example, the 50% increase in the number healthcare-related security breaches witnessed by the Department of Health and Human Services in the first half of 2020 alone. Complicating the problem is the common use of legacy technology with little to no strong authentication. And on top of that, these organizations are typically resource-strapped with budgets often allocated toward medical supplies and treatments rather than security.

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