Healthcare Cybersecurity - Q&A with Roots Analysis

Digital technologies have become an integral part of the healthcare sector for disease diagnosis, management, and treatment. The revolution in the digital healthcare domain improves patient outcomes by delivering the right information to the physician. Further, the information collected from digital devices helps to tailor the plan according to the patient's requirement and facilitate remote care to manage diseases. However, digital technologies rely heavily on digitally stored information and internet resources that are prone to hacking and manipulation by hackers. The typical cyber crime hack is validated by the fact that over 5.1 million records are compromised every day due to cybercriminal activity. Moreover, in 2016, nearly 1,800 cyber threat incidents were recorded across different industries, and around 1.4 billion data records were lost and stolen by hackers. Unquestionably, healthcare cybersecurity providers have to bring advanced solutions to address the cyber threat concern. Cybersecurity in healthcare mainly includes the protection....