80% of healthcare organizations experienced a data breach in the past year. Common IT security threats include data dissemination, data augmentation, denial of service attacks, brute force attacks, known exploit attacks, man-in-the-middle attacks, and social engineering including phishing. Regulations like HIPAA have helped improve security by forcing organizations to take it more seriously.

1. IT Security Overview for Rural Community Healthcare

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10. Regulation--SOX, HIPAA, GLB, the credit-card industry's PCI, the various disclosure laws, the European Data Protection Act, whatever--has been the best stick the industry has found to beat companies over the head with. And it works. Regulation forces companies to take security more seriously, and sells more products and services. " - Bruce Schneier