Data breaches in the healthcare industry are a huge cause for concern. Under the pressure of COVID-19, healthcare organizations in the U.S. became a target for cyber attacks in 2020. According to cyber security professionals, one of the reasons for such vulnerability in the healthcare industry is that a lot of data, including sensitive data, is open to all employees at healthcare organizations. As of March 2021, more than 11 million of the 54 million files at healthcare organizations were accessible to every employee. Among these exposed files, there were over 350,000 sensitive files, around 30,000 of which were open to all employees.
Average number of sensitive files accessible to all employees at healthcare organizations in the United States as of March 2021
Characteristic
Average number of files open to all employees
Average number of files
54,270,776
Average number of files open to everyone
11,160,270
Average number of sensitive files
353,701
Average number of sensitive files open to everyone
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Varonis. (March 29, 2021). Average number of sensitive files accessible to all employees at healthcare organizations in the United States as of March 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274772/file-exposure-in-healthcare-organizations-us/
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Varonis. (2021). Average number of sensitive files accessible to all employees at healthcare organizations in the United States as of March 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274772/file-exposure-in-healthcare-organizations-us/
Varonis. "Average Number of Sensitive Files Accessible to All Employees at Healthcare Organizations in The United States as of March 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274772/file-exposure-in-healthcare-organizations-us/
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