Healthcare Informatics July 13, 2018
Heather Landi

The global average cost of a data breach is up 6.4 percent over the previous year to $3.86 million

The cost of a data breach for healthcare organizations continues to rise, from $380 per record last year to $408 per record this year, as the healthcare industry also continues to incur the highest cost for data breaches compared to any other industry, according to a new study from IBM Security and the Ponemon Institute.

The global average cost of a data breach is up 6.4 percent over the previous year to $3.86 million, according to the 2018 Cost of a Data Breach study. The average cost for each lost or stolen record containing sensitive and confidential information, globally and across...

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