Healthcare providers, health plans and business associates must not let their guard down as the number of reported cybersecurity breaches has leveled off after meteoric rises over the past several years.
Malicious attacks ranked as the No. 1 cause of breaches for a sixth consecutive year, with the percentage of incidents pegged to hacking/IT incidents rising from 73% last year to 80% so far in 2022, according to Fortified Health Security’s 2022 Mid-Year Horizon Report: The State of Cybersecurity in Healthcare.
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