CynergisTek Releases 2018 Report on Cybersecurity Findings in Healthcare
01 Mars 2018 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Report Shows Healthcare Organizations Across
the Nation Fell Short in All Core Elements of NIST Cybersecurity
Framework
CynergisTek, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in healthcare
cybersecurity and information management, today announced the
release of its annual report, Improving Readiness: Meeting Cyber
Threats. The report focuses on a key question that many boards and
executives are asking today, “How ready are we for a cyber event?”
It provides a sobering analysis of how healthcare organizations
measured against the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF), which outlines best practices
for healthcare organizations to follow to manage risks associated
with cybersecurity.
CynergisTek’s 2018 report aggregated ratings from assessments
performed in 2017 at hundreds of individual hospitals, clinics,
ancillary facilities, payers, business associates, etc. across the
nation to reveal an average 45 percent conformance with NIST CSF
controls. Furthermore, the report revealed that most organizations
have opportunities for improvement in all five areas of the Core
Elements of the framework including the ability to identify,
protect, detect, respond and recover from a variety of
cybersecurity incidents. These results highlight the growing need
for healthcare organizations to make serious investments in
cybersecurity readiness, as cybersecurity has become one of the top
business risks facing healthcare today.
Additional findings and information from the Improving
Readiness: Meeting Cyber Threats report include:
- Of all organization types, business
associates scored the highest overall conformance
- Out of the five core elements of NIST
CSF, organizations had the lowest ratings in detecting potential
cybersecurity events
- The highest ratings were in the Core
Elements of response and recovery
- Academic medical centers had the
highest conformance ratings among provider organizations
- Not surprisingly, larger organizations
performed significantly better across the board than smaller
organizations
- Revenue is a less consistent predictor
of CSF conformance across all Core Elements
- More organizations are beginning to
treat cyber events as enterprise risk
- Machine learning and behavioral
analytics will play a significant role in helping healthcare
organizations improve incident detection
- Printers, as endpoint devices, present
multiple risks to health information
- Adoption of the NIST CSF can raise the
overall level of preparedness and resilience of healthcare
organizations
“Hopefully this report can provide a vehicle for the industry to
become more aware of the need for greater emphasis and investment
in cybersecurity readiness,” said Mac McMillan, CEO of CynergisTek.
“Hackers are becoming more sophisticated and we expect to see
greater frequency and intensity of cyberattacks in healthcare. The
NIST CSF gives healthcare organizations the framework they need to
build the resilience that 21st century healthcare is going to
require.”
The report also includes expertise and analysis from
CynergisTek’s executive thought leaders, as well as proven best
practices for strengthening privacy and security controls at
healthcare organizations. The full report can be downloaded
here.
To learn more about the findings of this report, stop by booth
#5060 at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas from March 6 to 8. To schedule a
meeting with a CynergisTek executive at the conference, please
contact Danielle Johns at djohns@ariamarketing.com.
About CynergisTek, Inc.
CynergisTek is a top-ranked cybersecurity and information
management consulting firm dedicated to serving the healthcare
industry. CynergisTek offers specialized services and solutions to
help organizations achieve privacy, security, compliance, and
document output management 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 named in
numerous research reports as one of the top firms that provider
organizations turn to for privacy and security, and won the 2017
Best in KLAS award for Cyber Security Advisory Services.
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uncertainties, including uncertainties relating to product/services
development, long and uncertain sales cycles, the ability to obtain
or maintain patent or other proprietary intellectual property
protection, market acceptance, future capital requirements,
competition from other providers, the ability of our vendors to
continue supplying the company with equipment, parts, supplies and
services at comparable terms and prices and other factors that may
cause actual results to be materially different from those
described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.
Certain of these risks and uncertainties are or will be described
in greater detail in our Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at
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expressly disclaims any such obligation) to update or alter its
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future events or otherwise.
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