Duo Security protects healthcare organisations

Published: 16-Sep-2016

Duo Security single-step authentication protects trusts from ransomware attacks


Research by Duo Security has revealed that half of all mobile devices, PCs, and Macs used in the healthcare sector are running out-of-date versions of Flash, making them susceptible to vulnerabilities and malware.

With Duo, healthcare organisations protect themselves from risk of ransomware in a single step.

Duo provides IT administrators with visibility into all out-of-date devices used to access patient information in on-premises or cloud applications, such as Epic, Citrix, Outlook Web Access, and Office 365.

Administrators can then use this information to prevent out-of-date devices from gaining access to those applications, significantly reducing the attack vector.

Duo protects access to both legacy and modern cloud applications used to store patient data, reducing the threat of ransomware.

Attackers target doctors’ and other healthcare workers’ out-of-date devices to install malware that encrypts patient information.

Attackers use ransomware to encrypt patient information and demand financial payments to hand that data back to healthcare organisations.

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