Threatened with the growing problem of health data breaches, information technology leaders at healthcare organizations are increasing investments this year in their security infrastructures, according to results of a new survey from IT staffing firm TEKsystems.
Security is a growth area in 2016 in terms of healthcare organization IT budgets, respondents indicated. When asked which technology categories will have the biggest impact on their organizations this year, 60 percent of respondents indicated that security was the top priority in their budgets this year, up from 54 percent in 2015.
In the survey, security edged out business intelligence and big data, mentioned by 58 percent of respondents; mobility (55 percent); cloud computing (49 percent); and consumerization of IT/bring your own device (47 percent).
“Security is one of our fastest growing technology areas because nobody wants their company’s name in the paper associated with a data breach,” says Mitch Gardner, northeast regional director for TEKsystems Healthcare Services. “If you look at the other four areas—BI/big data, mobility, cloud computing, and BYOD—they all have a major security component.” For the full article click here
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