COVID-19 has put the industry under exponential strain, as we see a surge in ransomware attacks. This attack surface study examines the unique internet exposure and application vulnerabilities of the top pharma and healthcare organisations, revealing the most common attack vectors and presents practical recommendations for mitigation. Key report findings:
- 85% of the top pharma and healthcare applications are ‘critically exposed’, indicating a high susceptibility for security and vulnerability exposure
- US healthcare organisations have a larger attack surface than EU organisations
- EU healthcare organisations run a whopping 20,394 web applications over 9,216 domains with 18.3% running vulnerable components
- Degree of Distribution, Page Creation Method and Active Content are the top 3 attack vectors
