Protecting Healthcare IT and OT in the Face of a Global Pandemic

By Fairuz Rafique

The ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has placed immeasurable strain on the healthcare industry, demanding an “all-in” approach to empowering nurses, doctors, and all of the other heroic medical practitioners and their support staff with as many critical resources as possible. The needs for these resources span from personal protective equipment (PPE) to various medical devices, the physical space to provide care, to new technologies that help detect, prevent, track and stabilize the spread of COVID-19 infections. While medical professionals and the healthcare supply chain scramble to meet these needs, there’s a parallel and simultaneous challenge to prevent cyber criminals from disrupting daily operations, response times, and the overall unobstructed delivery of healthcare services.

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