Healthcare organizations prioritizing compliance over data breach prevention

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PARCA eNews – APRIL 15, 2016 – A recent survey conducted by 451 Research on behalf of security firm Vormetric indicates 96% of IT managers expect their organizations to be attacked by cybercriminals.

The survey involved 1,100 IT managers including over 100 working in healthcare organizations. Results showed that 20 percent of organizations have experienced a data breach in the past 12 months, while 63 percent of respondents said they have experienced a data breach in the past.

Even though the threat of a data breach is considerable, the majority of healthcare IT managers indicated they are prioritizing compliance over data breach prevention. Among the healthcare IT managers 61 percent said compliance was their main priority, compared to just 40 percent that said it was data breach prevention. 

Other priorities were preventing reputation and brand damage and implementing security best practices, rated as the main priorities by 49 percent and 46 percent of respondents respectively.

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