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Subject: [ISN] Report: Healthcare Security Incidents 3 Times More Likely
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2015-09-28 7:01:36
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1509280701180.14558 () infosecnews ! org
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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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