{"id":2380,"date":"2021-12-27T15:17:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T15:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurismtechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2024-05-08T08:20:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T08:20:23","slug":"how-ibm-maas360-is-revolutionizing-endpoint-security-in-the-healthcare-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurismtechnologies.com\/blog\/how-ibm-maas360-is-revolutionizing-endpoint-security-in-the-healthcare-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"How IBM MaaS360 is Revolutionizing Endpoint Security in the Healthcare Industry?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Digitalization in the healthcare industry is changing lives across the globe as we see it today. It has reshaped patient-doctor interactions for better. AI-powered medical devices, blockchain, telemedicine, electronic health records, and remote-patient monitoring are few examples that have transformed the healthcare sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, healthcare professionals use various endpoint devices such as mobiles, laptops, tablets, etc. to share medical data with patients and vice versa. These endpoints serve as an entry point for threat actors to gain illicit access and orchestrate a cyberattack on a healthcare organization. Adding to this, the COVID-19 trend of remote working coupled with bring-your-own-device (BYOD) has increased the number of connected devices across healthcare networks. All these serve as perfect gateways cyber attackers to sneak in and steal sensitive patient data. This is the reason the need for endpoint security in healthcare<\/a><\/strong> hospital is witnessing a steep rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A report by the Wall Street Journal states that healthcare cyberattacks have been extremely brutal in the last couple of years. Adding to it, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows that throughout the pandemic, more than 1 million people were affected by data breaches at healthcare organizations. Another report by Businesswire suggests that data breaches have affected more than 26.4 million records in the U.S. in 2020-21. Further, it is estimated that stolen or lost protected health information (PHI) will cost the U.S. healthcare industry up to USD 7 Billion annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All these unsettling numbers suggest the increasing need for endpoint security in healthcare industry<\/strong>. Healthcare providers and hospitals are on the lookout for powerful endpoint security solutions for hospitals and IBM MaaS360 is one such robust endpoint security solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post throws light on some of the serious threats in healthcare sector and how IBM MaaS360 can help hospitals win at endpoint security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Endpoint Security Threats in the Healthcare Industry:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Ransomware<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n