Insecure file-sharing practices in healthcare put patient privacy at risk

Healthcare organizations continue to put their business and patients at risk of exposing their most sensitive data, according to Metomic. 25% of publicly shared files owned by healthcare organizations contain Personally Identifiable Information (PII). 68% of private files that have been shared externally (giving access to people outside of the organization) contained PII and 77% of private files shared internally. Publicly shared files often leak sensitive data While publicly shared files that contain highly sensitive … More

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