Doriann Cain Comments on Cybercriminals Targeting Healthcare Vendors With Modern Healthcare

In “Healthcare Vendors Are the New Front of the Cybersecurity War,” government and regulatory partner Doriann Cain spoke with Modern Healthcare about cybercriminals increasingly targeting vulnerable vendors to seize sensitive health information. 

“Vendor oversight has become a really big thing in the past five years, in that before, health systems and health plans weren’t conducting appropriate due diligence on these [vendors], or maybe no due diligence at all,” explained Cain.

Cain added, “Some of those vendors almost have a monopoly in terms of the services they’re providing, so you see healthcare providers not stuck with them, but maybe not always able to utilize another vendor who may be performing these services that they expect and want to see.”

The full article is available for Modern Healthcare subscribers.