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Healthcare workers regularly upload sensitive data to GenAI, cloud accounts


GenAI is embedded in healthcare environments, 44% of data policy violations involving generative AI included regulated healthcare data.

The analysis reveals that employees in the sector are frequently attempting to upload sensitive information, including potentially protected health data, to unauthorized websites and cloud services. Beyond financial consequences, breaches erode patient trust and damage organizational credibility with vendors and partners,” Ray Canzanese, Director of Netskope’s Threat Labs, told Help Net Security. In an environment where generative AI tools become more embedded in clinical and operational workflows, it is also vital that CISOs understand the new potential attack vectors while also preventing inadvertent data loss.

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