nCircle, the leading provider of automated security and compliance auditing solutions, today announced the results of the nCircle 2011 Information Security and Healthcare Survey. The company surveyed 544 respondents in the IT security industry, including senior management, IT operations, security professionals and risk and audit managers.
The survey found that, in spite of HIPAA and HITECH initiatives, 76% of respondents do not feel that their personal healthcare information is any more secure than it was in 2010.
"The increased collection and storage of electronic personal health information (ePHI) has definitely made many IT security professionals nervous," commented Elizabeth Ireland, VP of Marketing for nCircle. "IT security professionals believe this trend should be accompanied by increased security in healthcare organizations, but so far they are not confident their ePHI is adequately protected."
Ms. Ireland also noted: "Consumers are beginning to realize that recovering from a healthcare information breach is difficult. If someone steals your credit card number, your credit card company will help cover your losses and issue you a new one. However, there is no easy recovery process for lost healthcare data."
The survey was conducted between March 17 and March 25, 2011, and covered a range of security topics. To see the complete survey, please visit: http://www.ncircle.com/index.php?s=resources_surveys_Survey-Healthcare-2011.
About nCircle
nCircle is the leading provider of automated security and compliance auditing solutions. More than 5,500 enterprises, government agencies and service providers around the world rely on nCircle's proactive solutions to manage and reduce security risk and achieve compliance on their networks. nCircle has won numerous awards for growth, innovation, customer satisfaction and technology leadership and has been ranked among the top 100 best places to work in the San Francisco Bay Area. nCircle is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with regional offices throughout the United States and in London and Toronto. Additional information about nCircle is available at www.ncircle.com.
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