A HIMSS cybersecurity survey reported that 80 percent of providers have experienced a recent “significant security incident,” according to an article on the Fierce Healthcare website.
Because of this, more organizations plan to make security a top business priority.
Challenges include: phishing attacks, virus/malware incidents and proactively addressing the results of a risk assessment.
According to the poll, acute care providers, were significantly more likely to use tools such as patch and vulnerability management tools, mobile device management and single sign-on.
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