A new survey conducted by Irdeto and Censuswide, has revealed that 80% of healthcare technology providers have suffered a cyberattack.

The findings suggest 15% of firms admit having no knowledge or awareness of the new cybersecurity regulations such as US FDA premarket guidelines. The same respondents also stated that regulatory compliance is the most important factor driving companies to have a water-tight cybersecurity strategy for their products and solutions. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the connected health and medtech revolution with increased remote patient care prioritisation. Medical facilities globally are under extreme pressure with their key focus on patient health and safety, leaving devices and facilities vulnerable to malicious attacks. Threats are high and attacks imminent but only 18% of respondents believed their organisation's medical device cybersecurity to be strong. 

Irdeto’s healthcare survey revealed that 60% of respondents feel their organisation needs to implement a more robust cybersecurity strategy to prevent or protect themselves from cyber threats and more notably just under half believed they needed to partner with a third-party cybersecurity company to do so. Additionally, 65% of healthcare technology providers believed they needed to allocate additional budget to cybersecurity concerns to protect themselves from threats. 

Steeve Huin, CMO and head of business development and strategic partnerships at Irdeto, said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated the connected medical technology revolution with remote patient care prioritized as never before. But as the reports reveals, the pandemic has also exposed the weaknesses in the healthcare industry’s cybersecurity and as a result, the industry has seen an increased number of attacks with serious consequences.”