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Stay Vigilant Against Denial-of-Service Attacks

Published on Tue Feb 01, 2022

Question: I keep hearing about denial-of-service attacks in the news, but I have a tough time believing someone would launch one at a hospital or outpatient practice. Should our practice be prepared for a denial-of-service attack? Michigan Subscriber Answer: Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are a real threat for any industry, including healthcare. Each network has certain capacity limitations, and a DDoS attack [...]
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