A cybersecurity report from Forrester is not good for health care. The report concludes:
- health care is ” woefully behind” in preparedness
- HIPPA compliance is not enough. HIPPA doesn’t keep up with wearable technology like GPS astham inhalers or wearable tattoos that transmit health care data.
- HHS is imposing sanctions on unprepared health care companies that suffer data breaches.
3 Recommendations:
1) adopt two factor authentication for access to databases containing sensitive patient information;
2) use behavioral analytics to identify suspicious behavior and encrypt data;
3) realize that identity protection is no longer a good enough mea culpa.
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