5 most popular healthcare cybersecurity frameworks

Eighty-six percent of U.S. healthcare organizations use at least one or more security frameworks, according to the 2017 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey.

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The survey includes responses from 126 U.S. health information security professionals.

Here are five popular cybersecurity frameworks used at healthcare organizations, according to respondents.

Note: Respondents were asked to select all that apply.

●    NIST: 62 percent of respondents said their organization uses this framework
●    ISO: 25 percent
●    HITRUST: 25 percent
●    Critical Security Controls: 22 percent
●    COBIT: 11 percent

Eight percent of respondents said their organizations use other frameworks, and 12 percent said their organizations do not use security frameworks.

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