HealthcareCISO

News stories about ransomware have dominated headlines in the past few years, with healthcare facilities and hospitals high on the list of frequent victims.

And although cybercrime has long been a threat, the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the potential risks.

"If you look at where we are today from a security perspective, what we've seen is that our threat factors have substantially increased," Sri Bharadwaj, vice president of digital innovation and applications at Franciscan Health, said in an interview with Healthcare IT News.

"In the past year alone...