The high numbers [of disclosed breaches so far this year] are due to lax handling of how data is stored and accessed within these databases. This atmosphere, along with the extreme portability of healthcare data due to consumer devices and laptops and increasing numbers of malicious insiders seeking to profit from electronic medical records (EMRs) and other patient data, has formed a poisonous combination within the industry.
original article, requires cookies:
http://www.darkreading.com/database_security/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226600307
summary, doesn't:
http://www.securitymagazine.com/Articles/Blog_Products/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000880240
The problem isn't the technology, it's the people.
I think it's ironic that the original article is so secure that I couldn't access it (without accepting cookies were).
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