Cyber resilience in the Middle East healthcare sector Healthcare providers are seeing an increase in cyberattacks, says Russell Mayne, Dell Technologies Healthcare Field Director for Middle East, Russia, Africa, and Turkey.
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ver the last few years we’ve seen bad actors increase their interest in healthcare organisations around the world. While banking and retail have been able to largely secure systems and control access, healthcare presents a specific challenge in terms of the number of non-technical end-users needing access to highly valued patient data. In fact, healthcare providers continue to see an
increase in cyberattacks, with 53 per cent of healthcare organisations being subject to attacks in 2020. In addition, • 35 per cent of UAE tech executives were attacked by ransomware during the past year • There were more than 2.5m phishing attacks in the Middle East between April and June 2020
• A 600 per cent increase in phishing in the UAE from February to June 2020 has been reported • More than $6.5m cost per data breech in the Middle East Dell Technologies is committed to supporting our Middle East healthcare clients, ensuring health data remains accessible for patient care but secure from intrusion. Cybersecurity incidents can create both measurable and soft costs to organisations. Research from Comparitech found that providers have spent at least $160m in recovery costs since 2016, and these direct costs only represent a small portion of the impacts. Personally, I look behind the commercial loss caused by a security breach and recognise the very real impact a breach has on patient care and reputational damage for healthcare providers.
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