MELBOURNE, Australia, December 9, 2025 (Newswire.com)
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Black Book Research today announced headline findings from a flash survey of hospital and health system CISOs and senior cybersecurity leaders in nine countries reporting some of the highest recent rates of healthcare data breaches and patient privacy incidents. The rapid-response poll highlights a sharp escalation in cyber risk originating from electronic health record (EHR) vendors, AI and analytics platforms, and other digital health suppliers.
The flash survey, conducted in Q4 2025 across Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates, collected responses from 427 CISOs, CIOs, IT managers, and heads of information security at provider organizations ranging from single hospitals to large multi-facility systems.
Vendor ecosystems now the primary breach engine
Across the nine markets, respondents report that:
80% say their greatest emerging cyber risk in 2026 comes from EHR, AI, and cloud health IT vendors, not from on-premise systems.
69% have experienced at least one security incident or serious near miss in the last…
