Blog Security 3 Ways to Use Zero Trust to Reduce Cybercrime Risk in Healthcare Carley Thornell is a former Industry Marketing Strategist for Healthcare and Life Sciences at Akamai. She has a deep background in thought leadership in the technology space, including leading the content strategy and research team at one of the country’s leading electronic health records systems. Data breaches are increasingly common in healthcare and life sciences, and the consequences are becoming more severe. Besides reputational damage, the financial impact is steep — IBM reports that the average cost of a data breach for healthcare organizations tops US$10 million . \r\n \r\n One of the primary reasons behind the rise in data breaches is that cybercriminals have become more skilled, organized, and sophisticated , according to the American Hospital Association and Porter Research . Malicious actors are now capable of targeting medical devices themselves, not just an organization’s networks.…