Craig A. Newman writes:
The healthcare industry has been in the sights of hackers for some time. But a recent survey found that the biggest threat in the sector comes from within.
Verizon has just released its Protected Health Information Data Breach Report and found that 58% of the data security incidents in the industry came from insiders, a number higher than in any other industry. The study is based on an analysis of almost 1400 incidents during 2016-2017 in 27 countries. Almost 75% of the incidents occurred in the U.S.
Read more on Patterson Belknap Data Security Law Blog.