Could Healthcare Cyberattacks Triple in the Year Ahead?

A new report from Black Book revealed that cybersecurity professionals are becoming increasingly unlikely to choose a healthcare industry career path since they are the ones who are held responsible for data breaches.

A new survey of more than 2,400 cybersecurity professionals from 705 provider organizations reveals that 73 percent of health system, hospital and physician organizations report that their security infrastructures are unprepared to respond to the new threat environment. The survey, from Black Book Market Research, estimates that 1,500 healthcare providers are vulnerable to data breaches of 500 or more records, representing a three hundred percent increase over this year.