More than three quarters (78%) of respondents to a new Claroty survey experienced a minimum of one cybersecurity incident over the last year, which impacted a broad range of asset types, including IT systems, sensitive data, medical devices and building management systems.
Alarmingly, more than 60% of respondents reported a moderate or substantial impact on care delivery, and another 15% reported a severe impact that compromised patient health or safety. The financial ramifications mainly fell in the $100,000–$1 million range, with 26% paying ransoms.
According to the report, one of the contributing factors to this trend is the Extended Internet of Things (XIoT), a holistic umbrella term that encompasses all cyber-physical devices connected to the internet – including connected medical devices, or the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), Healthcare Finance reports. Read more.
