Healthcare IT News September 16, 2021
Sara Mageit

New research shows that 40% of staff are missing cyber security expertise while 39% lack essential data protection knowledge.

Research from European provider of cloud infrastructure and cloud services, IONOS Cloud, has found that 37% of healthcare IT decision-makers say their organisation is at risk of security threats due to skills gaps.

Additionally, four in 10 (39%) are facing a skills gap in data protection, with a quarter (25%) saying it means they are not adhering to necessary legislation or following the correct data protection procedures (21%).

The survey polled 203 healthcare IT decision-makers as part of a wider survey of 609 respondents.

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