Healthcare organizations are an increasingly attractive target for threat actors. In a new Microsoft Threat Intelligence report, US healthcare at risk: strengthening resiliency against ransomware attacks, our researchers identified that ransomware continues to be among the most common and impactful cyberthreats targeting organizations.
The report offers a holistic view of the healthcare threat landscape with a particular focus on ransomware attacks observed in recent years. By reading the report, healthcare organizations will gain insights that will help navigate these cyberthreats and understand how collective defense strategies can help improve protection and increase access to relevant threat intelligence.
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Source: Microsoft
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