Across the world, cybercrime is one of the greatest threats facing companies of all sizes, and businesses in the medical and aesthetics industry are especially vulnerable. From November 2020 to January 2021, cyber-attacks against the healthcare sector increased by 45% worldwide compared to the 22% increase seen by other industries over the same period, and attacks remain high for the first quarter of 2022.1 In this article, I discuss the specific challenges facing the aesthetics sector, how to protect your practice from attack and what to do if you get hacked.
Ultimately, hackers are after sensitive data which they can use for financial gain. One reason why aesthetic practices, and healthcare settings in general, are at such a high risk of attack is because medical data is extremely valuable on the dark web. According to a recent Trustwave Global Security report, the black-market value…
