The Role Of Data Encryption In Cyber Attacks

The health care and pharma industries are particularly vulnerable to a cyber-attack, also experiencing the highest cost of a breach. New ways of seamlessly encrypting data may be the way forward.    

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The pharmaceutical industry is certainly no stranger to cyber-attacks. Merck & Co., Inc.'s 2017 'NotPetya' cyberattack is still looming large over the industry, as the legal ramifications - including Merck's $1.4bn insurance claim – continue into 2023. (Also see "Merck Cyberattack Recovery: Congress Scrutinizes Manufacturing Problems" - Pink Sheet, 21 September, 2017.)

More recently, AstraZeneca PLC is in the spotlight for a data breach which saw credentials for one of its...

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