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What’s next in 2022 for cybersecurity?

Ransomware, spear phishing and third-party breaches are just some of the threats to the healthcare industry in the year ahead, according to Errol Weiss, chief security officer at Health-ISAC.

Link to podcast interview: https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/video/how-gear-2022s-cyber-risks

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Top 5 Threats for 2021 and 2022:

  1. Ransomware Deployment 
  2. Phishing/Spear-Phishing Attacks  
  3. Third-Party/Partner Breach  
  4. Data Breach  
  5. Insider Threat  

More to Threats to Watch

  • – Nation State Geopolitical Strategies – Tensions between Russia and Ukraine, as well as Chinese activity regarding Taiwan, are examples of nation-states returning to standard geopolitical strategies, which will reflect in cyberspace.
  • – CyberCrime – There is a treasure trove of sensitive personal info that bad actors will monetize in one of many ways.
  • – Ransomware as a service
  • – Investment unicorns – Sophisticated and organized criminal groups will be able to pour billions (yes, with a b) into R&D, investing in new ways to conduct automated and effective scams.  The criminals will leverage machine learning, artificial intelligence and deep fakes to perpetrate efficient and effective criminal campaigns.
  • – MSPs and enterprise scale management systems (like SolarWinds)
  • – Ongoing Log4j third-party patching continuing to challenge network defenders.  In the US, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning that they will take legal action against companies and vendors that fail to protect consumer data from the risks of the Log4j vulnerabilities.
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