HealthExec January 23, 2025
Chad Van Alstin

A new cybersecurity report shows the majority of healthcare organizations have faced an attempted data breach or ransomware attack over the last year. Further, the number of overall incidents is up 32% during the same timeframe.

According to cybersecurity firm Netwrix, 84% of organizations in the healthcare sector have spotted a breach within the last year, with phishing incidents topping the list. Of those, 74% of organizations reported a user or administrator account with cloud access was compromised. For organizations with onsite data centers, account compromise is a comparatively low 44%.

The report is based on survey responses from 1,309 IT and security professionals across a variety of industries. Across all sectors, phishing attacks are the most commonly...

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Topics: Cybersecurity, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, Provider, Survey / Study, Technology, Trends
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