How advanced analytics can shore up defenses against data theft

Since cyberattacks on hospital EHR systems have become a topic of nightly newscasts, no longer is anyone shocked by their scope and veracity. What is shocking is the financial damage the attacks are predicted to cause. During this past June, more than 11 million patient EHRs were breached, making it the year's worst incident according to a study by DataBreaches.net For comparison, May had less than 700,000 records breached, and records breached in March topped out at slightly more than 2.5 million. While traditional security filters like firewalls and reputation lists are good practice, they are no longer enough.