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Mobile Device Security Often the Weakest Link in Healthcare Security Chain, Study Finds

Healthcare Informatics: Eighty percent of physicians use their mobile devices to assist in their day-to-day practice and 28 percent store patient data on their mobile devices, yet these devices can be prime targets for cyber criminals, according to a new Mobile Threat Intelligence Report.

The report, released by Skycure, found that in a single month, one in five (22 percent) of mobile devices will be at risk of a network attack. This figure nearly doubles (to 39 percent) after four months, which signifies that the percentage of doctors who use mobile devices to assist their day-to-day practice are exposed to network threats that significantly increase over time, according to the report.

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