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Healthcare IT is dangerously overconfident about email security

Why Healthcare IT leaders are overestimating their email security and what the downstream consequences are.

REPORT

2025 healthcare email security report

Key insights from 180 email-related healthcare breaches and actionable steps to protect your organization.

 

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REPORT

2025 healthcare email security report

Key insights from 180 email-related healthcare breaches and actionable steps to protect your organization.


Download the report

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Top takeaways

Too many healthcare IT leaders believe they’ve checked the right boxes—HIPAA compliance, encryption tools, phishing training—but the data tells a different story.
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of healthcare IT leaders say they are confident in preventing email breaches

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admit they worry about their HIPAA compliance status

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of healthcare orgs spend less than 10% on cybersecurity efforts

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say their current email security tools cause workflow friction

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Key resources

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2025 Report: The dangerous confidence of Healthcare IT

A look into the overconfidence of healthcare IT leaders and the realities of email security vulnerabilities.

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2025 Healthcare leader perception report executive summary

Uncover the disconnect between perceived email security and actual risk in healthcare organizations.

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Get statistics and data at a glance to inform healthcare cybersecurity roadmaps.

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Report excerpt: AI-powered threat detection is missing in action

Healthcare organizations rely on outdated systems, exposing them to AI-powered attacks.

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Report excerpt: Budgets lag risk. We’re underinvesting in the fix.

Healthcare drastically underinvests in email security despite growing breach costs and escalating cyberattack risks.

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Report excerpt: When security plans create friction

Legacy email security tools lead staff to bypass protocols, undermining HIPAA compliance and increasing risk.