The steps companies can take now to better protect themselves and their data.
One unfortunate trend that the pharmaceutical industry is set to face is that of cybersecurity. There is no current government infrastructure in the US to protect individual organizations outside of the government at this time. As such, the pharma industry is on its own and must spearhead its own cybersecurity efforts.
In an interview with Pharm Exec, Lieutenant General (LTG) (retired) Ed Cardon recommends that all companies must think of cybersecurity in the following way: “It’s not if you’re going to get hacked, it’s when.” Everything can be hacked. It’s a matter of how much time and resources a hacker utilizes to do so.
