Bridging the Cybersecurity Gap Among America's Underfunded Healthcare Providers

(This article was originally published on NEXUS)

Rural healthcare providers across the United States face an increasing cybersecurity crisis as they struggle with limited funding, shortages in cybersecurity and IT expertise, and unending threats from savvy and better-funded adversaries. With a significant source of revenue from Medicare reimbursements, these healthcare delivery organizations, operating on tenuous margins, find themselves at a particularly precarious disadvantage as they defend themselves against cyber criminals.

“Rural hospitals operate on such thin margins that cybersecurity controls are often the last thing they’re thinking about,” Mike Hamilton, field CISO at Lumifi Cyber said. “When you’re worried about keeping the doors open, investing in security infrastructure becomes a secondary concern,” Hamilton said. The margins also make it tough for these providers to find and keep cybersecurity talent. This talent gap leaves many facilities with outdated security practices and vulnerable systems.

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