Many health IT pros still don't encrypt

Industry's top data guardians are feeling hampered in their efforts to protect their organizations by a lack of manpower and money


The healthcare industry's top IT pros are feeling hampered in their efforts to protect their organizations by a lack of manpower and money, according to an article on the Modern Healthcare website.

Some security pros still report their systems are not encrypting patient data, according to the survey by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. 

Most HIMSS survey respondents (77% acute, 74% non-acute) believe their adversaries' primary motivation is to grab their data for medical identity theft. 

About half of survey respondents (55%) cited lack of financial resources as a barrier to mitigating their cybersecurity risks.

Read the article.

 



September 1, 2016


Topic Area: Information Technology


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