The challenges of securing the healthcare sector [Q&A]

The healthcare sector is particularly attractive to cybercriminals due to the amount of personal data held and the critical nature of many systems. We spoke to Shankar Somasundaram, CEO of IoT risk management platform Asimily, to discuss healthcare systems and the challenges involved in securing them. BN: What makes healthcare IoT devices and equipment particularly challenging to secure? SS: Healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) are up against a perfect storm of IoT security challenges right now. Connected-device deployments within hospitals and other healthcare systems are just a different animal from those in other industries. Take retail by comparison, where an array… [Continue Reading]