Having experienced the destruction of the WannaCry attack, National Health Service (NHS) underscores the importance of building up cyberdefences and ensuring the leadership team recognises cybersecurity as a top priority. Healthcare service providers also need to be proactive and think about where threats may come from next.
These were the three key lessons the UK healthcare agency gained from the ransomware attack in 2017, which brought down the systems of businesses and hospitals worldwide including at least 45 NHS organisations.