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Healthcare was the most cyber‑attacked sector of 2023

The 2024 Healthcare DNS Security Benchmark Report audits the DNS security posture of 25 mid-large healthcare organizations in the U.S.
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Healthcare’s collective DNS networks are vulnerable to many potential issues

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Domain hijacking
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Man-in-the-Middle breaches
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Orphaned CNAMES in zone files
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Non-secure redirect domains
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DNSSEC configuration errors
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TLS certificate issues

Unaddressed DNS vulnerabilities can result in material compromises such as:

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Ransomware
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Phishing
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Data theft

The 2024 Healthcare DNS Security Benchmark Report audits 25 sample organizations’ attributes:

  • 25 organizations: revenue $240 mn to $400 bn
  • Employees 2,000 to 440,000
  • 14 hospitals, 5 insurance providers, 4 pharma, 2 tech
Domain and DNS audit scope:
Domains 9,269
DNS records 40,789
A records 14,807
CNAMES 5,392
Domain redirects 2,222
SPF 4,576
DMARC 4,458
DNSSEC 55
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Authentic Web authored a whitepaper on DNS security in the healthcare sector drawing insights from the Benchmark Report. This whitepaper includes:
  • An Overview: DNS security and compliance
  • IT security frameworks and the DNS
  • How and why the DNS is at risk in healthcare
  • Best practices to mitigate DNS security risk
  • Appendix: 2024 Healthcare DNS Security Benchmark Report
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