With HIPAA breaches and criminal attacks on the rise, hospitals and other healthcare providers have a target on their backs. These statistics show the specific information security challenges HIT leaders face and suggest a way forward.

1. that illuminate the state of
healthcare information security
13 FACTS

2. cause healthcare
security organizations
the most worry
Source: Ponemon Institute, May 2015
Negligent or
careless
employees

3. Criminal
attacks
are now the leading
cause of healthcare
data breaches
Source: Ponemon Institute, May 2015

4. Criminal
attackson healthcare
organizations are
up 125% compared
to five years ago
Source: Ponemon Institute, May 2015

5. of healthcare organizations
were compromised by
cyber-attacks over a
two-year period between
2013 and 2015
81%
Source: KMPG Survey, 2015

6. Smartphones
and tablets
are the devices
most frequently
compromised
or stolen
Source: Ponemon Institute, May 2015

7. $363
Source: Ponemon Institute, May 2015
the average cost of
a healthcare data
breach—per record

8. The biggest HIPAA breach fine
occurred when a physician accidentally
published electronic personal health
information to the Internet
Source: Health and Human Services
$4.8 million

9. How much data breaches cost
the healthcare industry (payers,
providers and third parties)
Source: Ponemon Institute, May 2015
$6 billion

10. TOP
Lost/stolen devices
experienced by healthcare organizations
2t Spear phishing
Web-borne malware3t
1t
Source: Ponemon Institute, May 2015
SECURITY
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11. Billing and
insurance
records
contain the most valuable
patient data — they’re also
the most frequent subjects
of successful attacks
Source: Ponemon Institute, May 2015

12. of healthcare IT
leaders report they’ll
spend more on security
this year than in 2015
73%
Source: TEKsystems 2016 IT Forecast

13. will be the leading tech
impact on healthcare
organizations in 2016,
say the majority of
healthcare IT leaders
InfoSec
Source: TEKsystems 2016 IT Forecast

14. Find out how successful hospitals build
a culture of information security
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