There's a disturbing diagnosis for the healthcare industry — and for patients as well. Electronic health records have become extremely valuable targets for identity theft and ransomware and, more often than not, they are insufficiently protected. These vulnerabilities can leave the door wide open for cybercrime. This infographic reveals 5 things you can do to protect your organization and your patients. To learn more about how to protect your organization from becoming another statistic, visit https://ibm.co/2BuXAAS.

1. Cyber attacks: the next healthcare epidemic
Protect cloud apps
and transactions
Take steps to boost
in-house cloud security expertise and
controls as cloud’s cost efficiency
continues to drive business and
IT decisions
A disturbing diagnosis for the industry—and for patients. Electronic health
records have become extremely valuable targets for identity theft and
ransomware, and more often than not, they are insufficiently protected.
These vulnerabilities can leave the door wide open for cybercrime.
Attacks are more sophisticated and frequent
5 things you can do to protect your organization and your patients
Implement data security
and privacy measures
Address evolving compliance
demands by deploying stricter
controls, enforcing policies
and monitoring access
Improve security
operations and response
Optimize security programs and
educate employees to safeguard
medical records, remove digital
vulnerabilities and reduce risk
Deploy new security for
new technologies
Understand that mobile apps,
wearable devices and the Internet
of Things create new vulnerabilities that
demand new kinds of security to prevent
network hacker entry and patient harm
Optimize access controls
for interoperability
Make it easy for payers, providers
and patients to access data and
health exchanges securely for
greater efficiency
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100M
healthcare records
compromised
in a single year¹
25%
of breach victims
changed healthcare
providers²
1in4
consumers have
had health
information stolen²
¹IBM X-Force 2016 Cyber Security Intelligence Index. ²Accenture, 2017 Healthcare Cybersecurity and Digital Trust Research. ³IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, 2017.
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“2017 Cost of Data Breach Study, Global Analysis” Sponsored by IBM, Ponemon Institute, June 2017.
Odds are it’s an inside job
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$3.6M average total cost
of a data breach4
71%
insider attacks³
29%
external attacks³
46%
from inadvertent actors
that unwittingly aid attackers³
25%
from malicious insiders that
aim to do harm³
48%
fewer security incidents²
Organizations monitored by IBM®
X-Force®
security monitoring experienced