Healthcare Cybersecurity Statistics

The three most vulnerable industries at baseline are Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals (42.7%), Insurance (38.1%), and Retail & Wholesale (36%).

Healthcare accounted for 81 disclosed ransomware attacks (26%) in Q2 2026, making it the most targeted sector.

Healthcare accounted for 17% of all engagements, while public administration and manufacturing each accounted for 14% of engagements.

Healthcare compromises rose to 281, reversing a slight downward trend from the previous year.

The three industries with the highest baseline PPP are Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals at 42.7%, Insurance at 38.1%, and Retail & Wholesale at 36%.

Internal information disclosure accounts for 63.6% of critical exposures in Healthcare.

Healthcare records the slowest median remediation time at 158.8 hours.

63% of healthcare practices do not continuously monitor their digital supply chains.

31% of healthcare practices are still running on legacy systems that cannot contain a breach quickly once it starts.

52% of healthcare practices have no managed security service provider (MSSP).

Automotive and pharmaceutical sectors average 43 days to remediate exposures.

Healthcare accounted for 72 publicly disclosed ransomware attacks (27%) in Q1 2026.

24% of healthcare organizations report cyberattacks or exploited vulnerabilities involving medical devices.

80% of cyber incidents involving medical devices cause moderate or significant disruption to patient care.

80% of healthcare organizations report moderate to high concern about the cybersecurity risks associated with AI-enabled or AI-assisted medical systems.

68% of healthcare and manufacturing organizations are pursuing microsegmentation as part of a Zero Trust strategy.

57% of healthcare and manufacturing security leaders rank microsegmentation as their top initiative to stop lateral movement.

Over 90% of healthcare and manufacturing organizations have protected fewer than 80% of their critical systems.

The ransom payment rate in healthcare is 68%–72% compared with about 40% in other sectors.

59% of cyberattacks on healthcare organizations involve ransomware.

Hospitals can lose $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 per day during operational disruptions caused by cyberattacks.

86% of private healthcare security decision makers report legal and communications challenges when responding to a cyber attack.

Individual extortion demands in healthcare reached as high as $4 million in the first half of 2025.

Average claim severity in Resilience's healthcare portfolio increasesd from $800,000 in 2024 to more than $2 million per incident in 2025.

Healthcare organizations that establish a data governance committee achieve more than three times the risk reduction compared to organizations in other industries.

Healthcare has 35% consumer trust

Health care was the most affected sector by data security incidents, accounting for 27% of incidents; finance and insurance accounted for 18%; business and professional services accounted for 15%.

More than 50% of Windows and Android devices in regulated industries such as healthcare and pharma are five major OS updates behind.

Telnet exposure in healthcare is 8%, up from 6%.

Legacy Windows operating systems are most prevalent in retail (39%), healthcare (35%), and financial services (29%).