Healthcare industry needs treatment to improve data security

The healthcare sector collects a lot of detailed information about its clients and that makes it a prime target for cybercriminals. A new report from SecurityScorecard confirms this, aggregating data from a number of different sources it reveals that healthcare remains the most breached industry. "Electronic Personal Health Information (ePHI) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) contain all the most valuable information that a malicious actor can sell on the dark web," say the report's authors. "Name, birth date, social security number are only the tip of the iceberg -- even low skilled fraud actors are able to easily monetize such information.… [Continue Reading]