An all-too-common type of data security mistake – a misconfigured IT setting – has landed a Puerto Rico-based clearinghouse and cloud software services provider at the top of federal regulators’ list of largest health data breaches so far this year, in an incident impacting nearly 1.6 million individuals.

As more of the healthcare ecosystem depends on large-scale cloud providers, executive teams must ensure they have the visibility, governance, and architectural resilience to withstand the next unplanned disruption whether it lasts minutes or hours.

