The medical industry is one of the most sought after industries for hackers due to the amount of personal information contained in medical records. While HIPAA protects the medical records of people, veterinarians don’t have to abide by HIPAA, as their patients aren’t human. Despite this, they do collect the personal information of their patients’ owners, making veterinarians prime targets for cyberattacks.

Businesses that work with medical data are in a tricky situation, as the slightest issue with security could place considerable risk on storing this data. If you’re not careful, you could be putting your business at risk. With the compliance issues that have to be regarded, the security of any medical data you store on your infrastructure has to be made a priority. How can you minimize the risk of storing this data without compromising your business’ effectiveness?