Securing Connected Hospitals - A Research on Exposed Medical Systems and Supply Chain Risks

We also sought to shed light on a yet-unexamined attack vector as it translates to healthcare networks: supply chain attacks. Several high-profile breaches in recent years involved lapses in the supply chain. Furthermore, according to a health and human services public breach reporting tool, 30 percent of healthcare breaches in 2016 were due to business associates and third-party vendor breaches. To learn from these cases, we studied the different ways threat actors can take advantage of weaknesses in the supply chain to infiltrate healthcare networks.