For the report, Beazley — a London-based cybersecurity insurance company with offices in Asia, Australia, Middle East, South America and the United States — analyzed 1,330 incidents the company helped clients address in the first half of 2017.
Here are the top five causes of data breaches in healthcare.
1. Unintended disclosure: 42 percent
2. Hack or malware: 18 percent
3. Insider: 14 percent
4. Physical or non-electronic record loss: 8 percent
5. Portable device: 6 percent
The report also noted 8 percent of healthcare breaches had unknown causes.
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