Study: 65% of healthcare organizations spend 6% or less on IT

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New research from Symantec and HIMSS Analytics show the majority — 65 percent — of healthcare organizations dedicate 6 percent or less of their IT budget to security.

Here are three other findings from the HIMSS Analytics IT Security & Risk Management Study.

1. Only two-thirds — 67 percent — of responding organizations have a full-time chief information security officer.

2. While business leaders primarily see cybersecurity as a business risk issue, clinical and IT respondents view it as a HIPAA compliance issue.

3. Clinicians were more likely than business or IT respondents to claim employee awareness and training are barriers to achieving better security.

Click here to view the study.

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