Health IT Security September 23, 2020
CynergisTek data shows that despite a dramatic increase in healthcare data breaches, cybersecurity progress in the sector is regressing as just 44 percent meet NIST standards.
Only 44 percent of healthcare organizations, including hospitals and health systems, adhere to NIST cybersecurity framework standards, despite a drastic increase in healthcare data breaches in recent years, according to a recent report from security firm CynergisTek.
For its this annual report, CynergisTek analysts examined about 300 assessments of providers across the sector for the last three years against the NIST Cybersecurity framework, such as physician practices, accountable care organizations (ACOs), and business associates.
Researchers found that only scores for conformance with the HIPAA Security Rule improved from 2018, but just by...
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