Healthcare leads in third-party data breaches, says new report

While the research spotlighted the healthcare sector’s cybersecurity progress – earning it a "better than expected" B+ security rating for the first half of 2024, weaknesses in application and endpoint security present significant supply chain risk, SecurityScorecard said in a statement Tuesday.

WHY IT MATTERS

SecurityScorecard, a supply chain cybersecurity firm, said it examined breach history and security ratings of the 500 largest healthcare companies whose stock is publicly traded in the United States to provide the industry with insights …

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