mans hand writing on avatar filled screen Health system budgets aren't expansive enough to replacevulnerable legacy systems, and allotments for cybersecurity areactually being cut. (Photo: Shutterstock)

The health care sector is notorious for the high cost of its services, but it couldprobably save itself a lot of money if it could manage to plug allthe leaks in its cybersecurity.

According to Health IT Security, hackers are dancing ringsaround providers and their efforts at security technology—to thetune of some $4 billion by the end of this year. That's thisyear—just 12 months.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.