The world is becoming more digital. Health industry has also turned mostly digital and maintains every record and every detail in digital format. This has many pros but it also bring some threats like in terms of data security. Health industry keeps a lot of information about a person like their name, date of birth, address, card numbers, contact numbers, insurance details and many more. 

There are the following 3 reasons why these data needs to be protected :- 

•  To avoid identity theft.

•  For the patient’s safety.

•  For the reputation of the hospital and healthcare providers.

To ensure data security, just installing the antivirus is not enough. There must be other features like data encryption, limited access and modification of the data and limited transmission and sharing of data. 

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