A Persistent Cyber Target for Threat Actors: HealthCare

Cyber-attacks continue to plague the healthcare industry as threat actors leverage new trends and evolve their attack surface. Their primary focus is still attacking messaging tools with obtaining user credentials being the nirvana state for would be threat actors. Once the credentials are obtained, the attack options are numerous with ransomware, imposter email, supply chain fraud, and data extraction being the primary area of focus. On May 18, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern/ 10:00 a.m. Pacific, Proofpoint and (ISC)² discuss how these exploits are currently impacting healthcare, the favored attacks being deployed by threat actors, and outline practical mitigating strategies healthcare institutions can implement to optimally defend themselves.