As of late, I have been tracking more closely the published breaches
and their respective industries. The one industry that appears to be in the
lead for breaches now are the medical facilities. Generally being in the lead
is a good thing, but not in this instance. One of the latest incidences
involved the Stillwater Medical Center. One June 13, 2021, they detected the
unusual behavior and incident. This was not script kiddie testing out new
software just purchased but affected a few systems. Naturally, as a hospital is
attacked, the incident response team immediately took to action and began
securing the issue. In addition, after the attack was controlled, they began in
earnest to work on the forensic review with the help of a firm specializing in
forensic work. Law enforcement was also notified. As this was an active attack,
certain systems were placed on an off-line status until the immediate issue was
resolved.
This reinforces the complete need for cybersecurity,
adequate FTE, and budget. While an organization will not be able to defend
against every single type of attack now or in the future, and adequate defense
in depth is the best course of action.
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