The healthcare sector is no stranger to third-party data breaches, making third-party risk management and privileged access management imperative elements of any healthcare organization’s security strategy.
However, according to a survey by Ponemon Institute and Imprivata, just 36% of health IT respondents said that their organizations have a strategy to address privileged access risk that is consistently applied across the entire organization. Other respondents reported applying those strategies sporadically or having an informal or ad hoc strategy for addressing privileged access risks.
Ponemon Institute surveyed 1,942 IT and IT Security practitioners across the U.S., the U.K., Germany and Australia. Respondents represented healthcare, industrial and manufacturing, public sector and financial services organizations.
The results revealed that even as third-party risks continue to pose threats to healthcare and other sectors, persisting barriers, like a lack of governance and budget constraints, prevent organizations from effectively managing these risks.
Third-party security incidents have widespread impacts on healthcare
Nearly half (47%) of the total surveyed…
