Legacy operating systems and software applications are pervasive in healthcare, and they pose a serious security threat.
A 2021 report from Kaspersky Lab found that 73 percent of health systems used medical equipment running legacy operating systems. Not coincidentally, only 34 percent of organizations said they had up-to-date and adequate hardware and software security protections.
In some cases, the legacy OS is a sunsetted version of Microsoft Windows. According to the 2021 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey Report, more than one-third of health systems still have devices running…
Tips for Health Systems on Managing Legacy Systems to Strengthen Security
