The number of data breaches reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services hit an all-time high in 2021, with 679 incidents reported according to Critical Insight’s “2021 Healthcare Data Breach Report.” These breaches affected 45 million Americans, which was also an all-time high.
It’s no secret that medical records are valuable to cyberattackers. As Advisory Board points out, the combination of a patient’s name, address, financial information and social security number is enough to take out a loan or set up a line of credit. That’s far more than an attacker can do with an SSN…
7 Email Security Strategies to Keep Patient Data Safe from Evolving Cyberattacks
