4 ways to prevent phishing attacks at your practice

Lower-level employees are not the only ones at risk. Industry experts say busy doctors are often the most at-risk to phishing scams because they are quickly scanning emails and don’t always take the time to think about whether a request looks legitimate or not. Educate everyone on what phishing looks like.

Work with an IT security company to send out fake phishing scams to employees and see who responds to them and offer those identified further guidance.

Install a multifactor authentication process for your network. This requires not only a user name and password, but also a code that is sent via text or to a different email address. It could also be a physical object, such as a key fob. This extra level of protection makes it much more difficult for a hacker to gain access to your network.

While multi-factor authentication and staff training are extra expenses, consider that the average forensic investigation into a phishing attack costs more than $84,000, with larger investigations running into six figures, according to the law firm BakerHostetler. The cost of one breach could be far more than what you would have spent to prevent it.