Unsecure laptops still a major security threat for healthcare

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By Nathan Eddy
Healthcare IT News
February 28, 2019

Laptops are still one of the components that pose the greatest risk for a cyber 
intrusion for healthcare systems, according to a report from the Clearwater 
CyberIntelligence Institute.

The institute found endpoint data loss, excessive user permissions, and dormant 
accounts make up 70 percent of all high and critical risk scenarios for laptop 
vulnerabilities at hospitals and health systems across the country.

The results indicated endpoint data loss in particular remains so high because 
of continued deficiencies in data loss prevention tools and data storage 
vulnerabilities.

For example, the study revealed more than half (52.7 percent) have deficiencies 
in data loss prevention tools, which are designed to scan all communications 
traffic to keep sensitive data from being sent to unauthorized users.

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