Healthcare Ransom Payments Keep Falling. Downtime Still Drives The Bill.

Cyber Insurance News report on healthcare cyberattacks showing a dark hospital corridor with blank monitors and an empty gurney

Fewer healthcare organizations hit by ransomware are paying, a Ponemon Institute survey for Proofpoint finds. The costliest healthcare cyberattacks still averaged $4.2 million, mostly in downtime. The patient harm the study highlights may sit outside cyber cover. Healthcare organizations hit by ransomware are paying less often. In 2022, 51% said they paid. This year, 31% … Read more

AI In The SOC: Alert Overload, Human Judgment, And Hidden Risk Shape Security’s Next Chapter

Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan once said, “One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There’s always more than you can cope with.” This idea now sums up cybersecurity work. Recent research on AI in the SOC shows teams overwhelmed by alerts as they … Read more

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