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Insiders Pose Biggest Security Threat to Healthcare Industry

May 13, 2019 - Insiders pose the biggest security threat to healthcare organizations, according to Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). A disturbing 60 percent of data breaches involved insiders, including doctors and nurses, 42 percent involved external actors, 4 percent involved partners, and 3 percent involved multiple parties, the...


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Health IT Infrastructure to Combat Growing Ransomware Threats

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

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Ransomware Emerges as Top Health IT Infrastructure Threat

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

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