Survey results from the “2017 Thales Data Threat Report, Healthcare Edition” – courtesy Thales and 451 Research this week – show big spending planned for data security in 2017.
- 81 percent of U.S. healthcare organizations and 76 percent of global healthcare organizations will increase information security spending in 2017.
- Cybersecurity spending increases by U.S. healthcare companies outpace those of all other vertical markets surveyed, including the government and financial sectors.
- 69% of U.S. respondents leveraging SaaS,
- 59% big data,
- 46% mobile,
- and 35% IoT environments.
- 90% of U.S. healthcare respondents feel vulnerable to data threats.
- 57% of US respondents list “Compliance requirements” as the top spending impetus.
- …However, global respondents listed compliance near the very bottom of spending drivers. Instead, the top two motivations for security spending are “preventing data breaches” (39%) and “protecting reputation and brand” (also 39%).
- Network security is still the top choice for U.S. healthcare spending by a wide margin (69%), compared to 53% of global respondents. Endpoint security, at 61%, isn’t far behind.
