When ransomware attacks began targeting hospitals and schools a few years ago, cybercriminals found that payment was often swiftly made. For hospitals, cyberattacks could jeopardize patient care. Thus, healthcare systems drew scrutiny for their cyber vulnerabilities.
The primary method of delivery for ransomware is email. Healthcare systems depend on email, and workers are often too overworked to scrutinize their inboxes. Unfortunately, it only takes one person opening a malicious link to start a successful attack.
The Mimecast Email Security platform was designed with this threat environment…