Survey finds alarming number of healthcare workers have not had cybersecurity training

Healthcare cyberattacks are on the rise with nearly 32 million patient records breached in 2019—double all of 2018.

Even so, nearly a third of healthcare employees (32%) said they had never received cybersecurity training from their workplace, according to a Kaspersky report.

Nearly 1 in 5 respondents (19%) said there needed to be more cybersecurity training by their organization. When comparing the results by region, more than 24% of respondents in the U.S. noted they had never received cybersecurity training but should have, compared to 41% of respondents in Canada when asked the same question.