Are Health Care Providers doing enough to Ensure Data Security ?

Not a day goes by when I do not read about security breaches in business, financial measurements, political elections, and health databases.

The reasons for this are open for consideration.

When Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks he was said to have this response.  (SUTTON's LAW) "because that's where the money is".

There are those who hack because they can. This is analogous to why climb Mt. Everest? Because it is there. 

The term 'hacking' recently has become closely affiliated with security breaches.

Definition - What does Security Breach mean?

A security breach is an incident that results in an unauthorized access of data, applications, services, networks and/or devices by bypassing their underlying security mechanisms. A security breach occurs when an individual or an application illegitimately enters a private, confidential or unauthorized logical IT perimeter.

A security breach is also known as a security violation.

Techopedia explains Security Breach

A security breach is one of the earliest stages of a security attack by a malicious intruder, such as a hacker, cracker or nefarious application. Security breaches happen when the security policy, procedures and/or system are violated. Depending on the nature of the incident, a security breach can be anything from low-risk to highly critical.

In an organization, security breaches are typically monitored, identified and mitigated by a software or hardware firewall. If an intrusion, abnormality or violation is detected, the firewall issues a notification to the network or security administrator.

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