If You Have No Data Security Plan, The Cost Is?

The health and human service field has been hit hard with cyberattacks and data breaches. Earlier this year, we reported that health care now has twice the number of cyberattacks per day as other fields—32,000 attacks on average vs. 14,300 (see Preparing For A Cyberattack—In Four Steps). In addition, an estimated 40% of health care organizations have had at least one attack by WannaCry, a ransomware virus—thanks in part to the uncomfortable fact that almost 30% health care organizations are running old, unpatched versions of the Windows OS (see 40% Of Health Care Organizations Were . . .