UpGuard released a report outlining the severity of healthcare's cybersecurity crisis.
The analysis included 500 healthcare companies, rating each with a CSTAR score. The score is indexed on a scale of zero to 950 (with lower scores reflecting greater risk) , measuring a company's cybersecurity risk.
Here are five things to know:
1. The report revealed an average CSTAR score of 420, which is right in the “danger zone."
2. Those receiving better scores included the largest and smallest companies.
3. Maine (613) and Utah (597) companies scored high, while New Mexico (209) and Delaware (224) ranked on the lower end of the spectrum.
4. UpGuard found most healthcare companies are not adequately protected from phishing attacks, either.
5. Thirty-five percent of the analyzed companies do not possess Sender Policy Framework records and only 7 percent have implemented Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance.
Check out the rest of the report here.
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