From the Summer 2021 Issue

Cyber Nurse: How Healthcare Workers Can Prevent Another Type of Infection

Mason Moran
Senior SOC Analyst | Government Agency

A DIFFERENT KIND OF INFECTION
COVID-19 has doctors and nurses spread thin, they are working around the clock, and trying to keep their overly crowded hospitals functioning in some orderly fashion amidst the chaos. The last thing these workers need is another problem to worry about. Unfortunately, the pandemic brought upon an infection that healthcare workers were not prepared to fight, ransomware.

According to IBM’s threat intelligence unit, X-Force, in 2020 healthcare moved up the list from Number 10 to Number 7 as . . .

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