Netwrix: 31% of Healthcare Orgs Hit by Unauthorized Identity Access
Frisco, Texas – September 30, 2026 -- Thirty-one percent of healthcare organizations experienced unauthorized identities accessing sensitive data in the past year, compared with 24% across other industries, according to new healthcare findings from Netwrix's 2026 Data and Identity Security Report. Among healthcare organizations that suffered an incident, 33% reported costs exceeding $250,000, versus 21% in other sectors.
Healthcare ranks last among 16 industries on Active Directory confidence
Only 14% of healthcare organizations said they are fully confident their Active Directory environments are free of privilege escalation risks, compared with 26% across all industries surveyed. Eighty-six percent lack full confidence in their AD security, the lowest ranking among the 16 industries with sufficient survey representation for comparison.