CynergisTek’s Survey Data Reveals Leading Cybersecurity Concerns for Healthcare Organization Executives
11 Juni 2019 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Client-Conference Discussion Unveils That Risks
Associated with Internet of Things, Medical Devices, Third-Party
Vendors, and Program Management are Top of Mind for Security
Executives, Yet Action is Lagging
CynergisTek, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in healthcare
cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance, today announced findings
from its first “CAPP Conference Survey.” The survey was
administered to attendees of the company’s first inaugural CAPP
Community Conference: Cybersecurity 2019 this past May, which
focused on tackling some of the most pressing issues facing
healthcare cybersecurity and privacy, including vendor breaches and
risks, new state privacy laws, privacy and security culture, and
medical device security. The survey of approximately 60 C-level
healthcare executives revealed the greatest perceived threats and
current challenges these organizations are facing in cybersecurity
and privacy.
Overall, the findings highlighted that the issues respondents
were most concerned about were the risks associated with Internet
of Things (IoT), medical devices, third-party vendors, and program
development/management. However, the data also pinpointed some of
the barriers or disconnects within the organization to solve these
issues, like executive leadership buy-in. Most notably:
- 40% responded that third-party risk is
the threat that concerns them the most.
- Of the emerging threat areas (5G, AI,
IoT, and supply chain) discussed, over 50% responded that they were
the most concerned about IoT.
- Nearly one third of respondents
reported that medical device security is one of the top five risks
facing healthcare according, to the Health Industry Cybersecurity
Practices, however most reported not having an effective strategy
in place to assess the risks posed by medical devices. Even more
alarming, 26% said they don’t have any process in place at
all.
- Almost half of the organizations
reported to have conducted an incident response exercise only one
time, or to have never done one at all.
- ‘Culture’ was listed as the leading
difficulty (over compensation and training) in retaining
cybersecurity professionals.
- 54% of those surveyed said the biggest
barrier to meeting privacy and security challenges was due to lack
of adequate resources (tools, money, or people), and only 13% was
due to senior management buy-in. However, in a follow-up question,
40% responded that they didn’t know if their Boards were more or
less involved with cybersecurity and privacy programs than they
previously had been.
“The fact that the vast majority of respondents report a lack of
resources as a serious constraint against their cybersecurity
program, and senior management buy-in as the least concern, shows
there is a huge disconnect happening and is extremely troubling,”
said David Finn, Executive Vice President of Strategic Innovation
at CynergisTek. “If executive leadership truly understood the
business risks posed by inadequate cybersecurity and realized the
major operational, financial, and patient safety implications a
security incident can have, they would ensure any and all resources
needed were available. We need to make sure we are effectively
communicating these issues to executive leadership so they make
cybersecurity a business priority.”
The “CAPP Conference Survey” findings reiterate the issues
facing the healthcare industry today and the difficulties to keep
up with the ever advancing cybersecurity world. The disparity
between the severity of these cybersecurity threats and the lack of
urgency from organizations to implement a plan or solution is
creating a dangerous landscape that many healthcare organizations
have fallen victim to. The CAPP Conference provided a platform to
help bridge this gap by bringing together industry experts and
CynergisTek’s CAPP community members to serve as resources to one
another to help address these common issues and work together to
find a resolution.
For the complete “CAPP Conference Survey” data, please visit
https://insights.cynergistek.com/slideshare/capp-conference-survey.
About CynergisTek, Inc.
CynergisTek is a top-ranked cybersecurity firm dedicated to
serving the information assurance needs of the healthcare industry.
CynergisTek offers specialized services and solutions to help
organizations achieve privacy, security, and compliance goals.
Since 2004, the company has served as a partner to hundreds of
healthcare organizations and is dedicated to supporting and
educating the industry by contributing to relevant industry
associations. The company has been recognized by KLAS in the 2016
and 2018 Cybersecurity reports as a top performing firm in
healthcare cybersecurity, as well as the 2017 Best in KLAS winner
for Cybersecurity Advisory Services.
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