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The new normal in pharma and healthcare came with equally new challenges and threats. Cybersecurity grew as a priority for more than one business sector. Healthcare cybersecurity arose as a prominent concern. Bioeconomy started to constitute one of the main technologies that need tight protection from cybercrime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question to ask is how can pharma companies manage online threats and prevent the cyberattacks plaguing the digital sphere?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Healthcare cybersecurity:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Why is pharma susceptible to cybercrime?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The disruption caused by the pandemic caused significant changes in the healthcare workforce. Digitalization presented its pros, but also came with some demarcated cons on the matter of online security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cyberattacks have increased exponentially during the pandemic. With new techniques, hackers stole, and continue to steal, valuable information from many organizations in the field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With them came new tricks by hackers to steal valuable information from many organizations. The tendency for online attacks seems to continue throughout more than one country. This reveals that there\u2019s more to prevent cybercrimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the pandemic, pharma\u2019s work chain grew more complex and digital. Workers within the pharma had access to apps, clouds, and disparate data daily. Still today, these professionals\u2019 work is more data-centric and data-driven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding to this, the growth of the customer-centric model in many pharma companies\u2019 communication models equally put the healthcare industry on the frail ground for online attacks. Several are companies that now interact with customers through automated options. So, this increasing data exchange through healthcare portals makes them a great target for cybercrime. The provided intellectual property is valuable to online criminals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The protection of the intellectual property is vital for pharma and biotech. They are handing their IP whenever they outsource some of their research. In this sense, the IP of a company needs to be regarded as a valuable asset that can compromise the future of a company if breached by hackers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All in all…<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Pharma and healthcare\u2019s vulnerability to cyberattacks was due to the increase in remote work. This shift from corporate computers to individual ones opened a breach in security. Many employees\u2019 computers don\u2019t have company firewalls or security protocols. Therefore, they are more susceptible to hacker activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remote work is an element that opens doors for security breaches. IP electronically protected health information (ePHI) along with other sensitive data are accessed daily and transferred in a work environment. In a remote environment, this makes data susceptible to being snatched by cyber criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attacks come in several formats. From the distribution of ransomware<\/a> to phishing emails<\/a>. The last ones are becoming more sophisticated. Some can trick many unsuspecting employees into clicking the links inside. Some of these messages can even come disguised as a certain company\u2019s email address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cybersecurity needs reinforcement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Pharma companies ought to secure web properties and interactions on social networks. As a result, healthcare cybersecurity needs to have a comprehensive and architectural approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cybercriminals try their best to explore the weaknesses of an organization’s security. In pharma\u2019s case, this is a patchwork of IT systems, both current, and legacy. Thanks to acquisitions and mergers have grown and become more complex.  Unfortunately, this made them more vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides, networked industrial facilities use many connected devices. This includes laptops, smartphones, and internet-enabled machinery. Thus, making them more susceptible to malware<\/a>. This is dangerous because it can spread across a workforce\u2019s network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What will pharma and healthcare companies do?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s a fact that the sector will start to invest a lot more in healthcare cybersecurity. There’s a growing use of tools such as automation data analytics, AI, and machine learning<\/a>. This means that the workflow is going through a significant transformation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from protecting product development, prototyping, and approval, security solutions must protect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n