Cybercrime and healthcare: exploiting the pandemic

The healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors are leading the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

But, even as doctors work to treat seriously ill patients, and researchers develop and refine treatments and vaccines, there are others who are setting out to disrupt medical facilities, steal clinical and R&D data, spread disinformation and commit fraud.

Why is healthcare now in the cybersecurity front line, and what can security professionals, governments, and even individuals do to protect it?

Andrew Hollister is deputy CISO and VP for labs at LogRhythm. He has been monitoring the impact of cyber attacks on the sector during the pandemic, and he spoke about the challenge, and some potential solutions, to Security Insights editor Stephen Pritchard.