It’s no secret that healthcare is a lucrative target for hackers around the world, with increasing levels of cyber-attacks on healthcare organizations, despite greater awareness and tighter security measures.  

The last 10 years of technology in healthcare has focused on the electronic medical record, allowing disparate systems to connect. I believe the next 10 years will be about ensuring the data that has been collected and stored in the cloud is being used in a secure and meaningful way. With 69% of healthcare organizations planning to move more sensitive data to the cloud, security and privacy regulations must be the highest priority for healthcare and their IT systems over the next decade.  

Talking to the Healthcare Security and Privacy Forum in Los Angeles recently, the discussion turned quickly to the mounting importance of protecting healthcare data, staying one step ahead of the hackers.