A piece for Healthcare IT News looks at the risks facing healthcare IT security. Every 60 seconds, 232 computers are infected with malware and 12 websites are successfully hacked, the report states. Plus, medical records are worth $60 on the black market, where credit card data is worth $20. “That makes us significant targets,” said Intermountain Healthcare CISO Karl West. Meanwhile, ID Experts President and Cofounder Rick Kam, CIPP/US, writes for Government Health IT why size doesn’t matter in health data breaches. For example, while large organizations used to be the primary targets, mid-sized organizations with presumably smaller cybersecurity budgets are now becoming targets.
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