2026 healthcare email security report

What 2025 breach data reveals about risk heading into 2026

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2025 healthcare email security report

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

 

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2025 healthcare email security report

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


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Top takeaways

Our 2026 Healthcare Email Security Report analyzed 170 email-related breaches from January through December 2025, uncovering critical security issues, often due to systemic misconfigurations.

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170 healthcare email-related breaches were reported in 2025

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53%

53% of healthcare breaches occured on Microsoft 365, up from 43% in 2024.

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41%

41% of orgs were assessed as high risk in 2025, up from 31% in 2024.

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74%

74% of breached domains had ineffective DMARC protection in 2025, a major jump from 65% in 2024.

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COMPLETE REPORT
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The 2026 healthcare email security report
What 2025 breach data reveals about risk heading into 2026
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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2026 healthcare email security report
Email breaches dropped in 2025, but the organizations still getting hit have weaker security than ever. Here's what the data shows.
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Why old gaps in email security lead to new breaches
The same misconfigurations keep showing up year after year. This infographic breaks down where healthcare email security is falling short.
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Security gaps observed across breached organizations
Most breached organizations share the same foundational gaps in authentication, sender validation, and transport security.
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Microsoft 365 and the reality of shared responsibility
Over half of breached organizations relied on Microsoft 365. Misconfiguration is a bigger problem than platform choice.
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What effective email security looks like in 2026
As AI tools change how staff handle sensitive information, email security that depends on human judgment won't keep up.