BY:
Phil Muncaster UK / EMEA News Reporter , Infosecurity Magazine
The UK’s healthcare sector once again accounted for the largest number of data security incidents in Q3 2016, although the charity, education and finance sectors revealed a bigger jump in incidents from the previous quarter, according to the ICO.
The UK’s privacy watchdog claimed in its quarterly review for the period July-September 2016 that reported incidents for healthcare jumped over 3% from the previous quarter.
So-called “cyber incidents” stood at 74 for the period, while loss or theft of unencrypted devices was 65. Other reported incidents listed included failure to redact data (11), and failure to use BCC when emailing sensitive data (18).
In total, the ICO reported 239 incidents for the period, significantly higher than the next most affected sectors – local government (62) and “general business” (56).
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NHS Data Security Incidents Top List Again
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