Security News > 2022 > March > Healthcare cybersecurity trends: Organizations not quite ready to deal with threats

Protected Harbor announced the launch of its latest whitepaper on healthcare cybersecurity which offers readers an insight into evolving healthcare data breach patterns, predictive threats for 2022, and a playbook on how to increase IT durability to stop future healthcare data attacks.

"Due to the financial value of patient health information, electronic health records stored in healthcare organizations are a major target for cybercriminals," said Richard Luna, CEO of Protected Harbor.

The healthcare data breach report included statistics from 686 security breaches of 500 or more healthcare records; as reported by HHS' Office for Civil Rights.

74% of all healthcare data breaches are from hacking and IT incidents, attributed to understaffed healthcare IT departments, legacy technologies not configured properly for new medical technology, and a lack of interoperability standards.

Improving healthcare cybersecurity and network architecture will harden healthcare infrastructure, increase application durability, decrease overall costs, and increase public trust.

California has the most healthcare data breaches, making up 10% of all breaches in 2021; followed by Texas and New York.

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