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Sensitive Data Requires Great Responsibility: The Importance of ‘Privacy and Security by Design’ in Healthcare

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Chris Bowen, founder and CISO at ClearDATA In healthcare, sensitive data comes with great responsibility. For companies entrusted with managing and protecting patients’ personal information, ensuring the privacy of that data must be the highest priority.

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4 Data Security Challenges for Healthcare Organizations in 2022

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The healthcare industry has always been a prominent target for cybercriminals worldwide. They can access high-value patient PHI/PII data and use it maliciously to disrupt the patient’s treatment routine and bring down uptime, which is critical. Data security is one of the most pressing challenges facing the healthcare industry today.

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5 Strategies for Providers to Overcome ePHI Security Challenges

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According to the report, HIPAA violations surged by 39% between 2017 and 2021 and the number of large healthcare data breaches (those affecting 500 or more records) rose by 58%. More than 5,000 incidents were reported, compromising more than 382 million healthcare records and surpassing the population of the United States by 1.2