The Medical devices with Outdated operating systems Used by healthcare organizations Latin AmericaMainly due to high renewal costs; This is according to a global survey by Kaspersky, the purpose of which was to analyze trends Cyber ​​protection In the transition to telehealth.

According to the report, Seven out of ten (71%) Healthcare providers use medical devices with outdated security-based operating systems that provide operating system updates. This is due to the high cost of updates (39%) or compatibility issues (14%) and lack of updated information (21%).

As a result, they admitted to experiencing the following incidents:

– 22% were affected Data leakage.

had -12% DDoS attacks.

-19% were victims Ransomware.

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What is happening in each country?

– Peru

Ssix out of ten (60%) Healthcare providers are currently using medical equipment with outdated operating systems.

The reasons for this are the very high cost of updates (40%) or the lack of knowledge of updating them (40%). As a result, 20% of respondents in Peru admitted that their organization had already experienced incidents such as data breaches.

In terms of cybersecurity, not a single Peruvian healthcare worker (0%) expressed full confidence in their organization’s ability to handle this type of disaster.

– Colombia

Qi5 out of 10 (50%) Use medical devices with outdated operating systems. This, as in Peru and other countries, is due to very high costs of updating (30%) or compatibility problems (10%) and lack of updated information (10%).

– Chili

The report states that when it comes to security provided by operating system updates, 100% Healthcare providers use medical equipment with outdated operating systems.

Reasons include the very high cost of updates, compatibility issues, and not knowing how to update, with 66.7%, 22%, and 22% updating, respectively.

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– Mexico

SSeven out of ten (73.3%) They use medical equipment with an outdated operating system. The problems are the same in all cases 26.7%, 20% and 20%.

How to mitigate cyber attacks caused by outdated and unpatched systems

– Provide employees with basic cyber security training, as many attacks are emerging Phishing or other social engineering techniques.

– Conduct cybersecurity audits of networks and address weaknesses found at the perimeter or network.

– Implement Anti-APT solutions (Advanced Persistent Threat) and EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response), which enables timely threat detection and detection, incident investigation and remediation. Providing the SOC (Security Operations Center) team with access to the latest threat information is important and should be regularly updated with professional training.

– In addition to EDR, special services can protect against advanced attacks. Managed detection and response tools help detect and stop attacks at an early stage, before attackers reach their targets.

– Strengthen systems already in use in medical devices that are rarely updated.

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