In alarmierender Geschwindigkeit verbreiten sich Hackerangriffe auf Krankenhäuser. Allein in Deutschland stieg die Zahl erfolgreicher Cyberattacken von 2020 bis 2024 um 74%.

Im folgenden Beitrag werden die besonderen Herausforderungen, Auswirkungen, Gegenmaßnahmen sowie rechtliche Aspekte von Hackerangriffen auf Krankenhäuser und Einrichtungen im Gesundheitswesen beleuchtet.

The recent cyberattack involving Change Healthcare has once again highlighted the dire and costly state of cybersecurity in healthcare.

As we wrap up another year and get ready for 2025 to begin, it is once again time for everyone’s favorite annual tradition of Health IT Predictions! We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on what will happen in the coming year and boy did they deliver. We in fact got so many responses to our prompt this year, that we have had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting.

The healthcare industry stands at the intersection of innovation and vulnerability, with cyber threats escalating in frequency and sophistication. Joel Burleson-Davis, SVP of Worldwide Engineering, Cyber at Imprivata, believes the way forward lies in transforming how healthcare organizations approach identity security and broader cybersecurity challenges. From embracing passwordless technology to preparing for nation-state threats targeting critical infrastructure, the stakes have never been higher.

Let’s face it: passwords are exhausting.

We’re required to change them frequently (and seemingly always at the most inconvenient times). Also, pass “words” have evolved into lengthy, complex pass “phrases.” Trying to remember them is a mental strain, but it certainly beats the Herculean task of trying to reset your password.