As pharmacy heads into its busiest time, it is important to be extra vigilant as cyber criminals also up their activity.

Traditionally Christmas and the New Year period sees an uptick in phishing emails, particularly shopping and shipping scams. Phishing emails account for close to 90% of all successful cyber attacks we see in pharmacies. Often this results in a ransomware attack where your data and/or PCs are encrypted, and a ransom demanded to unlock your valuable data. Such an interruption at this time of the year would be disastrous.

With not only pharmacies seeing an uptick in stock received many staff members also are shopping online and expecting deliveries, either to home or sometimes the pharmacy. It’s the perfect storm that sees someone click on that malicious link.

“Phishing emails account for close to 90% of all successful cyber attacks we see in pharmacies.”

 

With that in mind please take a few minutes to view highlights from the Cyber Security presentation made recently at Pharmacy Connect by Andrew McManus. This session covers your obligations in keeping customer data safe, what emerging threats are evolving, understanding who has access to your data and what are the simple steps you can take to protect yourself and your business.