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Description A discussion of the findings in the recently released study concerning healthcare breaches in 2014.   Glossary A managed service provider (MSP) is a third-party contractor that is under contract (usually a monthly fee) to provide on-going technology support to other organizations. Links Fourth Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security Criminal Attacks: The New Leading Cause of Data Breach in Healthcare FindHealthcareIT HIPAAforMSPS.com Kardon Compliance Notes Represented in this study are 90 CE and 88 BAs. This year is the first time BAs were added to the study data.  Previous fours years only CEs were included. A security incident is defined as a violation of an organization’s security or privacy policies involving protected information such as social security numbers or confidential medical information. A data breach is an incident that meets specific legal definitions per applicable breach law(s). Data breaches require notification to the victims and may result in regulatory i