related: Study points to need for SHARP security research

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/blog/study-points-need-sharp-security-research

Study points to need for SHARP security research
April 07, 2010 | Jeff Rowe, Editor, Priming the Pump

As researchers gear up to focus on the issue of HIT security, a recent 
HIMSS study shows that the problem remains significant in hospitals.

According to this report on the 2010 HIMSS Analytics Report: Security of 
Patient Data, .the study found critical gaps in data security . and its 
findings suggested that efforts to keep data safe were often more reactive 
than proactive, with hospitals dedicating more resources to breach 
response than to breach prevention..

Based on a biannual survey commissioned by Kroll Fraud Solutions of 250 
healthcare professionals nationwide, the study found a number of things 
which should spur researchers on. For example, .the number of healthcare 
organizations that reported a breach increased by six percent in 2010 to 
19 percent of total respondents . up from 13 percent in 2008,. when the 
last survey was conducted.

Moreover, .healthcare organizations continue to think of data security in 
specific silos . . . and not as an organization-wide responsibility, which 
creates unwanted gaps in policies and procedures..

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