The document discusses the vulnerabilities of patient data in the rapidly advancing healthcare technology sector, highlighting the financial motivations behind cyberattacks, which often target sensitive medical records. It emphasizes the significant cost of data breaches and the growing healthcare cybersecurity market as organizations seek to mitigate risks through collaborative security solutions. Additionally, with a high percentage of healthcare organizations experiencing breaches, it underlines the importance of cybersecurity measures like threat intelligence and protection against malware, phishing, and other attacks.

1. PROTECTING
PATIENT DATA
IN TODAY’S DIGITAL WORLD
HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY
IS BOOMING
WHAT’S AT RISK?
PREVENTING BREACHES
WITH CYBERSECURITY
HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY
BREACH TRENDS
When hospitals and other
healthcare organizations turn to the
cloud and electronic health records,
critical patient information is
made available to cybercriminals
One medical record
number is worth up to
A “Fullz” record (name, Social
Security, credit card) can fetch
89% of breaches had a
financial or espionage
motive.
Top attack types facing healthcare in 2016…
Data breaches cost
healthcare companies
an average $355 per
stolen record
Healthcare cybersecurity
market expected to be worth
Healthcare organizations will
seek support to:
• Identify and assess risk
• Protect against popular attacks
such as malware, phishing and
DDoS
• Receive threat intelligence
before attacks occur
A Security Fabric is becoming a popular way
to defend attacks of all shapes and sizes.
It’s a collaborative ecosystem of security tools distributed across the
network, from IoMT to the cloud, that work together as a seamless defense
to enable healthcare organizations to deliver secure patient care.
Visit fortinet.com/healthcare to learn more about protecting
your healthcare organization from today’s cybercriminals.
AS OF 2015
87%of office-based
physicians had
adopted EHRs
78% reported use of a certified EHR
Healthcare cloud computing
IS EXPECTED TO BE WORTH
BILLION
by 2020
73% of industry professionals will use
cloud to host patient empowerment tools
$9.48
Healthcare IoT…
Expected to grow at a CAGR of
38.1%through 2020
78% of
patients
want providers to have
access to health data
from wearables
10Xthe amount of a
credit card number
on the black market
$14 to $25
on the black market
Names
Addresses
Phone numbers
Emergency contacts
Social security
numbers
Credit card
numbers
Age
Weight
Medical history
Medications
Lab results
9 in 10 healthcare
organizations
EXPERIENCED A BREACH
IN LAST TWO YEARS
RANSOMWARE MALWARE DENIAL-OF-SERVICE PHISHING
$10.85
BILLION
BY 2022
NOC/SOC
Cloud
Partner API
Access
Client
Advanced Threat
Intelligence
Application
Network
27%are from the healthcare industry
of breaches
worldwide
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