Friday, 4 March 2016

Healthcare underspends on cybersecurity as attacks accelerate

LAS VEGAS–Healthcare providers are far behind other industries when it comes to protecting their data and the number of attacks is only expected to accelerate.

At an annual confab designed to celebrate the latest in technological innovation, a newly-released survey offered a sobering take on healthcare’s flimsy defenses.

Healthcare providers are averaging less than 6% of their budget expenditures on security, according to the survey from HIMSS Analytics, the research arm of the Health Information and Management Systems Society, and security firm Symantec.

In contrast, the federal government spends 16% of its budget on security, while financial and banking institutions spend 12% to 15%. For the full article click here 



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