Healthcare Data Breaches: Insights and Implications
The Internet of Medical Things, Smart Devices, Information Systems, and Cloud Services have led to a digital transformation of the healthcare industry. Digital healthcare services have paved the way for easier and more accessible treatment, thus making our lives far more comfortable. However, the pr...
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| author | Adil Hussain Seh Mohammad Zarour Mamdouh Alenezi Amal Krishna Sarkar Alka Agrawal Rajeev Kumar Raees Ahmad Khan |
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| description | The Internet of Medical Things, Smart Devices, Information Systems, and Cloud Services have led to a digital transformation of the healthcare industry. Digital healthcare services have paved the way for easier and more accessible treatment, thus making our lives far more comfortable. However, the present day healthcare industry has also become the main victim of external as well as internal attacks. Data breaches are not just a concern and complication for security experts; they also affect clients, stakeholders, organizations, and businesses. Though the data breaches are of different types, their impact is almost always the same. This study provides insights into the various categories of data breaches faced by different organizations. The main objective is to do an in-depth analysis of healthcare data breaches and draw inferences from them, thereby using the findings to improve healthcare data confidentiality. The study found that hacking/IT incidents are the most prevalent forms of attack behind healthcare data breaches, followed by unauthorized internal disclosures. The frequency of healthcare data breaches, magnitude of exposed records, and financial losses due to breached records are increasing rapidly. Data from the healthcare industry is regarded as being highly valuable. This has become a major lure for the misappropriation and pilferage of healthcare data. Addressing this anomaly, the present study employs the simple moving average method and the simple exponential soothing method of time series analysis to examine the trend of healthcare data breaches and their cost. Of the two methods, the simple moving average method provided more reliable forecasting results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de449121918c4d508f3713e4c4919b0b2023-11-20T00:21:43ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322020-05-018213310.3390/healthcare8020133Healthcare Data Breaches: Insights and ImplicationsAdil Hussain Seh0Mohammad Zarour1Mamdouh Alenezi2Amal Krishna Sarkar3Alka Agrawal4Rajeev Kumar5Raees Ahmad Khan6Department of Information Technology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow 226025, IndiaCollege of Computer & Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 12435, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Computer & Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 12435, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Information Technology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow 226025, IndiaDepartment of Information Technology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow 226025, IndiaDepartment of Information Technology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow 226025, IndiaDepartment of Information Technology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow 226025, IndiaThe Internet of Medical Things, Smart Devices, Information Systems, and Cloud Services have led to a digital transformation of the healthcare industry. Digital healthcare services have paved the way for easier and more accessible treatment, thus making our lives far more comfortable. However, the present day healthcare industry has also become the main victim of external as well as internal attacks. Data breaches are not just a concern and complication for security experts; they also affect clients, stakeholders, organizations, and businesses. Though the data breaches are of different types, their impact is almost always the same. This study provides insights into the various categories of data breaches faced by different organizations. The main objective is to do an in-depth analysis of healthcare data breaches and draw inferences from them, thereby using the findings to improve healthcare data confidentiality. The study found that hacking/IT incidents are the most prevalent forms of attack behind healthcare data breaches, followed by unauthorized internal disclosures. The frequency of healthcare data breaches, magnitude of exposed records, and financial losses due to breached records are increasing rapidly. Data from the healthcare industry is regarded as being highly valuable. This has become a major lure for the misappropriation and pilferage of healthcare data. Addressing this anomaly, the present study employs the simple moving average method and the simple exponential soothing method of time series analysis to examine the trend of healthcare data breaches and their cost. Of the two methods, the simple moving average method provided more reliable forecasting results.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/2/133healthcare data breachesdata confidentialitydata securitycost effectivenessdata analysistime series analysis |
| spellingShingle | Adil Hussain Seh Mohammad Zarour Mamdouh Alenezi Amal Krishna Sarkar Alka Agrawal Rajeev Kumar Raees Ahmad Khan Healthcare Data Breaches: Insights and Implications Healthcare healthcare data breaches data confidentiality data security cost effectiveness data analysis time series analysis |
| title | Healthcare Data Breaches: Insights and Implications |
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| title_short | Healthcare Data Breaches: Insights and Implications |
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| topic | healthcare data breaches data confidentiality data security cost effectiveness data analysis time series analysis |
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