By Melloney Jewell, Director, Int’l Revenue Marketing, Imprivata
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Third-party access risk to cybersecurity
We are also looking forward to featuring some news at Rewired. Modern healthcare relies heavily on third-party vendors, contractors, and a complex supply chain to operate effectively – but improving security and reducing the risk of this sprawling vendor ecosystem can be a challenge.
To increase awareness of this threat and help UK organisations better understand how to address it, Imprivata has released new research conducted in partnership with the Ponemon Institute on: The state of third-party access in cybersecurity.
The study reveals regional findings underscoring the extent of the problem facing healthcare when it comes to managing third-party access to clinical systems, including:
- 51 per cent of UK organisations have experienced a data breach or cyberattack over the past 12 months that involved a third-party accessing their network, which is higher than the global average of 47 per cent.
- Of the organisations that experienced a data breach or cyberattack in the past 12 months, the biggest consequences suffered were the loss or theft of sensitive and confidential information (54 per cent), regulatory fines (49 per cent).
The Synnovis breach and Change Healthcare breach both in 2024, demonstrate just how serious the consequences can be with reportedly over 6,000 appointments and procedures cancelled in the UK in just five weeks as a consequence of the Synnovis attack.
As well as implementing #cybertools and strategies to manage vendor and third-party privileged access, such as Imprivata Privileged Access Security, in the UK there is a move for NHS Trusts to adopt the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework #CAF, as part of National Access for clinical applications as they move from CIS1 to CIS2 in the coming years.
Imprivata is working closely with NHS England to support this initiative, and our cybersecurity experts will be on hand to explain how this will work at Rewired.
Making life easier for clinicians
While IT is arguably getting more complex and the risks growing exponentially, access management solutions leveraging passwordless authentication, mobile technology, and third-party risk management can improve security and reduce risk while enhancing productivity and efficiency for clinicians.
Only by making frontline workers central to the digital transformation journey will NHS Trusts be able to deliver the step change required in frontline care that benefits both clinicians and patients.
At Rewired, Dr. Sean Kelly, MD, Imprivata Chief Medical Officer, also Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Lahey Health, will be discussing how clinically focused principles for realising Health IT enable transformation in care.
The session on the Digital Transformation Stage at 14.30 on 18 March will demonstrate how clinical leaders and influencers are the proven driving force for success with digital transformation, and how best to engage them.
Find out more about Imprivata at imprivata.com
