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While it’s no surprise that nearly every major data breach of the last few years has involved the use of privileged credentials, it is surprising that one of the most effective security measures remains underutilized.
Normally, the only types of epidemics that healthcare organizations fight are the microbial kind. But lately, they have been hit with a rash of ransomware attacks, crippling their IT systems and demanding payments to unlock the encrypted system.
As data breaches within private organizations and government entities continue to rise, the expenses to recover from them are escalating at an exponential pace. With third-party breaches, there can be additional costs beyond the usual financial, regulatory, and reputational damage that an internally caused data breach can bring.
According to a report from Duo Security, 56% of healthcare companies across the U.S. are still operating on legacy operating systems and software. In case you’re not familiar with the term, legacy is just another word for outdated. In the world of cybersecurity, outdated usually means vulnerable to a cyberattack.
Vendor management is a process or solution that allows organizations to optimize and secure the introduction and ongoing operations of third-party service providers into their business operations.
Privileged Access Management (PAM) is a newer technology within the Identity and Access Management (IAM) space that focuses on applying additional controls and protections on accounts with privileged or administrative rights.
Privileged Access Management (PAM) consistently receives recognition as the most important and impactful cybersecurity consideration. This is due to the criticality of privileged credentials and the need to protect them.
In Part 1 of this blog post, we examined the risks inherent in using certain types of vendor remote access software, and the potential damage that can occur due to vendor caused network risks.
As the healthcare sector continues to adopt new technologies, their reliance on remote and cloud-based services has also exponentially increased. While relying on third-party vendors to provide more efficiency and state-of-the-art care and management, providers must also put more emphasis on healthcare vendor management.
Managing vendor access into your network and systems is becoming a more critical job as news about third-party breaches seems to break almost daily and regulatory focus on third-party risk is intensifying.