Report by Nile
The State of Networking, Security & AI in Healthcare
Key Findings
Only 38% of healthcare organizations report partial or full Zero Trust implementation, while 26% are aware of Zero Trust but have no concrete plans.
64% of healthcare organizations are open to adopting a Network-as-a-Service model to simplify operations and strengthen security.
20% of healthcare organizations treat AI-driven automation as essential to running their networks.
Nearly 85% of healthcare organizations experience periodic network or security disruptions that impact patient care and patient privacy.
38% of healthcare organizations experience network or security disruptions at least weekly.
66% of healthcare IT teams are strained or firefighting while only 18% are comfortably managing network operations.
27% of healthcare organizations cite cybersecurity threats and ransomware as the #1 network challenge, 23% cite staffing shortages and lack of expertise, 20% cite rising operational and compliance costs, 16% cite network reliability impacting clinical systems, and 15% cite aging or fragmented infrastructure.
Only 20% of healthcare organizations are confident their network can contain a cyber incident across IoT, medical, clinician, and guest devices, while 61% are not confident or only slightly confident.