The number of organizations reporting breaches went from 13 percent in 2008 to 19 percent in 2010 to 27 percent in the past year. Human error, not policies, systems or organizational flaws, pose the greatest risk for a data breach. The more accessible data is to more parties, the greater the risk of breaches, experts say. Security depends on accountability at all levels, security depends on employees’ understanding of security policy lapses, an expert says. In California, a law that provides for $1,000 in damages per patient, per breach, has prompted a flurry of class-action suits.”]

