KLAS: Providers Report Internal Unauthorized Data Access as Top Security Threat

When it comes to security and privacy, healthcare providers say identity management and unauthorized data access by employees are their biggest concerns, according to a new report from the Orem, Utah-based KLAS.

When it comes to security and privacy, healthcare providers say identity management and unauthorized data access by employees are their biggest concerns, according to a new report from the Orem, Utah-based KLAS.

Providers in this report rated unauthorized access by employees as their biggest concern. The second biggest concern stems from bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies, which create risk for unmonitored system access, encryption failure, and theft or loss of devices containing protected health information (PHI).

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