Health IT Security February 27, 2020
Jessica Davis

Verizon’s 2020 Mobile Security Index shows two-fifths of healthcare organizations faced a mobile device compromise last year, with some admitting they sacrifice security “to get the job done,” thus increasing risk.

Verizon recently released its third annual Mobile Security Index, which revealed 37 percent of healthcare organizations admit to sacrificing mobile security to “get the job done” and have drastically increased the risk of compromise in the process.

Researchers from Verizon surveyed 876 professionals tasked with buying, securing, and managing IoT and mobile devices, including those from healthcare. The goal was to provide insights into the mobile device threat landscape and ways organizations are, or are not, protecting data and key systems.

Overall, organizations use an average of 1,300 apps...

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