Healthcare DIVE July 18, 2019
Dive Brief:
- While nearly all U.S. healthcare organizations including providers are collecting, storing or sharing sensitive information within technologies like cloud platforms, fewer than 40% encrypt data in such environments, according to a new report by French security company Thales and analysis firm IDC.
- Seven in 10 organizations reported they had experienced a data breach at some point, and a third said there had been a breach in the past year. Thales said those numbers are the highest among industries it has studied.
- While the country’s healthcare organizations may realize the threat, with 40% acknowledging they are “very” or “extremely” vulnerable, they appear overconfident in their ability to thwart security lapses. The survey showed 73% of respondents felt their...