$5.6 Billion: The 2015 Cost of Health Care Data Breaches

$5.6 Billion buys a lot of tongue depressers. Its also the expected cost of data breaches in the health care industry for 2015 according to the 2015 2nd Annual Data Breach Industry Forecast by Experian. Highlights from the forecast :

• A Ponemon Institute survey found that 72% of healthcare organizations indicated they are only “somewhat confident” or “not confident” in the security and privacy of patient data. 
• Increasing data security by health care organizations could limit  the risk of breaches and  limit scrutiny from regulators   Business Solutions