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Avoiding the headlines: Healthcare organization commits to raising its cybersecurity competency to buck the industry norm

Avoiding the headlines: Healthcare organization commits to raising its cybersecurity competency to buck the industry norm

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Internal Audit, Risk, Business & Technology Consulting Over the last several years, the growing number of cyber attacks has exposed the lack of IT cyber defenses across all industries, but healthcare organizations have been perhaps the least prepared. This is made clear by the frequency, size and impact of healthcare breaches, and the fact that many of these breaches are revealed to have gone on for months before being discovered. Recognizing these threats, a healthcare organization with significant hospital and physician group operations across the U.S. and globally reached out to Protiviti to assess its cybersecurity capabilities. The organization was achieving annualized growth of 20 percent through expansion and acquisitions, but it recognized that the increase in security dem

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