Nearly 60 percent of breached patient records in January 2017 were the result of insiders, according to the Protenus Breach Barometer, a monthly snapshot of reported or disclosed breaches impacting the healthcare industry, with data compiled and provided by DataBreaches.net.
January’s health data breaches reinforce the importance of health data security as the need to protect patient data from insiders continues to loom large, healthcare cybersecurity company Protenus said.
