Healthcare networks combine conventional IT systems with infusion pumps, patient monitors, imaging equipment, laboratory systems and other connected devices that can remain operational for many years.
A device lifecycle problem, not just an encryption problem The readiness gap between medical devices and conventional IT is particularly important because the two categories follow very different replacement cycles.
The report also identified more than 5,500 internet-exposed healthcare systems, including electronic medical record and picture archiving and communication systems.
For connected healthcare architectures, that changes the migration calculation.
This reinforces the wider security and data-governance challenges surrounding connected healthcare IoT environments.