A special investigative report by the Washington Post, “Health-care sector vulnerable to hackers, researchers say” found that the healthcare industry was lagging behind in addressing basic security flaws. That was December 2012.
Since then, the threat landscape has evolved, cybercrime has become more rampant and yet the healthcare industry continues to lag behind other industries in safeguarding data.
“When you consider the value electronic patient health information (ePHI) has to cybercriminals, you realize that the healthcare industry should be on the forefront of security to protect patients against health insurance fraud, identity theft, electronic health record data breaches and a plethora of other security threats,” said Maureen Kaplan, managing director, security, Verizon Enterprise Solutions.
“Being compliant with HIPAA does not equate to security,” she concluded.
Hear Maureen Kaplan discuss how healthcare organizations need to make security a business imperative and move beyond minimal protection offered by only following security compliance requirements, such as HIPAA.
