Europe’s Hospital Cyber Risk Has Moved From Data Theft to Care Disruption, Black Book Study Warns Ahead of HIMSS26 Europe
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Publish Date: 2026-05-16 10:00:00
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Pre-HIMSS26 Copenhagen survey of 284 European hospital cybersecurity buyers finds 82% report very high or extreme attack concern as demand shifts to clinical continuity, identity resilience, ransomware recovery, and supplier-risk protection
CITY OF LONDON, England, May 16, 2026 (Newswire.com)
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Black Book Research today released findings from its Pre-HIMSS26 Europe Copenhagen Cybersecurity Demand Pulse Survey, warning that hospital cyber risk across Europe has entered a more dangerous phase: attacks are no longer viewed primarily as privacy events, compliance events, or IT disruptions. They are now being evaluated as direct threats to care delivery.
The survey of 284 self-identified HIMSS26 attendees from European hospital, health system, HIT, clinical-digital, cybersecurity, procurement, risk, and executive respondents attending or evaluating cybersecurity options around HIMSS26 Europe found that 82% rate their 2026 cyberattack concern as very high or extreme, while 74% believe their own organization is likely or highly likely to face a major cyber event this year.
Black Book reports that European hospital cybersecurity buying has shifted sharply from breach prevention toward clinical continuity, including identity resilience, ransomware recovery, immutable backup, read-only clinical access, supplier-risk management, zero-trust segmentation, and downtime simulation.
“Europe’s hospitals are operating in one of the most complex cyber-risk environments in the world: nationally connected health systems, public-sector capacity pressure, cross-border supplier ecosystems, aging infrastructure, accelerated cloud migration, strict regulatory accountability, and clinical operations that cannot go offline,” said Doug Brown, Founder of Black Book Research. “Attackers know the pressure points. They are not only targeting data; they are targeting authentication, availability, recovery…
