Healthcare data breaches have become an epidemic. In the past month, hackers gained access to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, health Net was fined $250,000 for a data breach and a Ponemon Study revealed data breaches cost the healthcare industry $6 billion a year. The healthcare industry needs an infusion of security. STAT!

Over the past two decades, McAfee has been helping healthcare providers around the world enhance their security posture. In talking with our healthcare customers, we have learned that regardless of location, size and other distinguishing factors, certain issues resonate with virtually every provider. The most important are securing sensitive data, protecting mission-critical systems, defending online web portals and managing the consumerization of IT.

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