At least 10 hospitals in the United States have been hit with ransomware. One hospital, Hollywood Presbyterian, made international headlines when they paid a $17,000 ransom to unlock critical data.
Hospitals have become a favorite of hackers due to the nature of the data compromised. With most hospitals modernizing and doing away with written internal records the hackers know the effect on day-today operations, which means life or death to some patients, and they use that as leverage.
Our security training courses help hospital employees recognize when cyber criminals are trying to penetrate their networks and avoid locking patient files with crypto-ransomware. We train your employees on the basics of ransomware, email security and Red Flags they need to watch out for to help prevent very expensive attacks like this.
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