Report: Healthcare Security Incidents 3 Times More Likely

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http://healthitsecurity.com/news/report-healthcare-security-incidents-3-times-more-likely

By Elizabeth Snell
Health IT Security
September 24, 2015

It should come as no surprise that healthcare security incidents are 
becoming an increasingly common occurrence in the industry, especially 
with more providers connecting to HIEs and implementing EMRs. However, a 
recent survey shows that the healthcare industry sees 340 percent more 
security incidents and attacks than the average sector.

According to the Websense Security Labs™ 2015 Healthcare Drill-Down 
Report, the healthcare industry is also 200 percent more likely to see 
data theft and 74 percent more likely to be impacted by phishing schemes.

The move to electronic health records is part of the reason why healthcare 
is seemingly so vulnerable to extra attacks, according to 
Raytheon|Websense Principal Security Analyst Carl Leonard.

“This is a new environment and [healthcare organizations] are trying to 
make sure the data is secure but also available,” Leonard told 
HealthITSecurity.com. “Because when the physicians need access to this 
data, it has to be accurate and they have to access it in a very time 
critical manner so they can deliver that very timely and important patient 
care.”

Leonard added that healthcare security must be considered as a business 
enabler in the industry because there is a chance for that sensitive data 
(PHI and PII) to be lost.

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