Government entities in the U.S. and U.K. recently issued reports on the state of affairs within the healthcare sector. The HHS Task Force recognized how vulnerable the sector is with its observation: “Over the next few years, most machinery and technology involved in patient care will connect to the internet” While across the pond, the ICO notes the 31.5 percent increase in the number of self-reported incidents of data mishandling in the UK. The Register notes how data breaches within the health sector accounted for 43 percent of all data breaches.”]

