SECURITY THREATS & RISK IN HEALTHCARE  PART 1

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Security Threats in Healthcare

Did you know that cybersecurity attacks are costing healthcare organizations millions of dollars each year? For healthcare providers, one of their main goals is to ensure improved patient healthcare. With the significant rise of cyberattacks and the rapid growth of healthcare technology and medical devices, healthcare providers are facing cybersecurity issues. That saying, healthcare providers have to focus on cybersecurity prevention, protection, and compliance. There are quite a few reasons why the healthcare industry has been one of the most highly targeted industries over the last few years. One of the reasons is healthcare providers store millions of health data records in an electronic form, in fact, in the year of 2015, over 110 million breaches have occurred (Cabrera, 2016, p. 1).

Furthermore, healthcare patient information and financial data such as protected health information personal data and health records are being exposed to cybersecurity threats. Researchers suggest that the healthcare industry is quite behind on cybersecurity which is a factor t