When a cyberattack or a natural disaster such as a tornado strikes, healthcare organizations are often unprepared for extended downtime.
“When a healthcare facility experiences data loss or other disasters, the downtime affects more than just the business. It also affects the patients,” says Nataraj Nagaratnam, IBM fellow and CTO for cloud security.
In fact, the average healthcare organization’s downtime following a cybersecurity attack such as ransomware is a little over two weeks, according to Statista.
When health systems go down, the organization stops accepting patients via ambulance or…
