A recent survey showed that while health care professionals are overwhelmingly concerned about health care data security, 68 percent believes their own organizations are taking appropriate measures to ensure cybersecurity, HealthITSecurity reports. The survey conducted by Venafi took place at last month’s HIMSS18 conference and queried 122 health care professionals on sector response to cyber threats. Despite their shared concern, only 29 percent of respondents believes cybersecurity can be enhanced through more regulation. BakerHostetler’s fourth annual Data Security Incident Response report found that of the 560 security incidents handled by the firm’s privacy and data protection team, more than one-third involved the health care industry, marking an increase from previous years.
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