IT leaders share their insights.
File sharing and
content collaboration in
Healthcare organizations have a need to easily access,
share and collaborate — whether it's patient data between
providers and payers, clinical data, or administrative tasks.
The need to connect to files securely and in compliance is important.
In a research study of 550 senior IT leaders, including those
in the healthcare space, we wanted to know more about their
top concerns when it came file sharing and content collaboration.
Here’s a look at their responses.
Is file sharing and content collaboration
important?
100%
84.4%
of healthcare responders identify
that content collaboration is important
consider it
consider it to their success
very important
ESSENTIAL
Is file sharing and content collaboration
effective?
While of responders felt a collaboration solution was important,
are completely satisfied with their current file sharing and collaboration solution.
100%
13%
Challenges IT executives healthcare
faced by
in
The number one challenge is
Security:
Replace legacy files shares and home directories:
Legacy infrastructure that lacks modern sharing and collaboration features:
93.8%
83.3%
58%
39%
37.5%
agree that not providing a file sharing and
collaboration solution limits productivity
agree that users are still using email as a means to collaborate
despite its tendency to consume storage, increase file sprawl and reduce efficiencies
Storage flexibility is key.
But the public cloud is not always the answer.
of survey responders
wanted more storage choices, including the
option to store files on-premises and in the cloud,
while ensuring that workers have a seamless experience.
95.8%
Data breaches happen
Risky user behavior
Lack of visibility
65%
of study respondents say data breaches in file sharing and content collaboration environments are likely for a couple reasons:
Users received files and content
not intended for them
Research results taken from two research studies, Ponemon Institute (2000 IT Executives Globally,
December 2018 and Vanson Bourne January 2018, 550 IT Executives).
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Confident in having visibility into users’
access and file sharing solutions
70%
67%
62%
59%
31%
65%
27%
Users accidentally share files or content with
individuals not authorized to receive them
Users accidentally share files or content with
unauthorized individuals outside the organization
Users did not delete confidential content
or files as required by policies
Our organization has clear visibility into what file sharing
applications are being used by employees at work
Not knowing where my organization’s sensitive
information resides represents a significant security risk
27.3%
