Andrew Douthwaite CTO of VirtualArmour writes about the changing cybersecurity landscape and what pharma companies can do to protect themselves.
Cybersecurity
The cybersecurity landscape is continually changing and evolving, and cybercriminals are increasingly targeting private companies. This means that having good cybersecurity strategies and practices in place is more important than ever. A cybersecurity breach can wreak havoc on any company, compromising proprietary digital assets, exposing private information, and potentially damaging the critical systems your company relies on to function. When a breach does occur, it also requires both time and energy to contain the breach and mitigate the damage, eating up resources, people hours, and funds that could have been deployed elsewhere.
Cybersecurity & the pharmaceutical industry
The data collected by pharmaceutical companies, including proprietary information about patented drugs, data related to pharmaceutical advances and technologies, and patient information are all incredibly sensitive and valuable, which means that losing control over that data can have catastrophic consequences and erode patient and consumer trust.