Health data security exposures doubled in one year, report says

Healthcare IT News: There has been a 50 percent increase in the exposure of medical-related data over the past year, according to a report from Digital Shadows, a San Francisco-based provider of digital risk protection solutions.

Most of the healthcare specific exposure the firm detected were DICOM imaging files, which are typically set up to transfer images within a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) architecture.

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