Dec 21, 2018   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

Healthcare IT Solutions Company, Comport, Discusses Ways to Protect Hospitals from Ransomware Attacks

RAMSEY, N.J., Dec. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the rising threat of ransomware in the healthcare industry, Comport, a leading cloud computing and Healthcare IT Solutions Company, held discussions with top healthcare CIO's discussing ransomware protections that they may want to consider.

Many healthcare companies are putting budgets asides for ransomware. The problem with this trend is that it increases the threats because cybercriminals know that it will be easy to get the money they are asking for. Instead, we suggest some of the following best practices for hospitals looking towards cloud solutions to avoid ransomware attacks.

    --  Activity Monitoring. Ransomware can be detected before it makes itself
        known (which is when it is too late to stop the ransom) with the proper
        activity monitoring in place. Activity monitoring systems scans the meta
        information of digital files in the cloud and reports activity
        signatures that are indicative of a threat. Most hospitals do not have
        this in place, but it is more important than ever to know what is on
        your system and detect threats early.
    --  Moving Into the Cloud. Many companies mistakenly believe that keeping
        server maintenance in house is a better security option. The cloud can
        have better security than what most SMBs can afford on their own. In
        addition, many are leaning towards managed private cloud options to take
        away the heave maintenance lift while keeping their data close to the
        vest.
    --  Employee Training. Many ransomware programs make their way into the
        hospital infrastructure through an innocent looking email attachment
        opened by an untrained employee. Hackers can easily create an official
        looking email that plays on the life and death situations that hospitals
        often encounter. Regardless, hospitals must also train their people to
        recognize potential phishing scams and other potential hazards.
    --  Consistent Backup. Ransomware attacker's gain considerably less leverage
        if the files they try to hold for ransom are duplicated somewhere else.
        Files are not like people - they can be completely and totally copied.
        It is always in the best interests of a hospital to use a cloud service
        like DRaaS or BaaS to automatically update all important data to a
        location that will be unaffected should your systems get infected.

ABOUT COMPORT

Since 1982, award-winning IT services partner Comport has helped to improve enterprise digital architectures for healthcare companies across the world. Our customers include leading enterprises in Hospitals and Healthcare, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Media, Retail, Law Firms and Universities. Comport Healthcare Technology Solutions has established ComportSecure as its cutting edge cloud-based solution for cloud managed services. Solutions provided include Advanced IT Datacenters, Mobility Security and Networking.

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