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Telemedicine will open up new threat vectors for fraud.

Given the health concerns involved with physically visiting a doctor or hospital during COVID-19, patients
have been urged to stay home unless symptoms are considered severe. Because of this, telemedicine
has been the most viable resource for those seeking medical counsel during this time. Unfortunately
there have also been over 3,000 healthcare-related breaches that have impacted more than 500 million
medical records in the past decade, a trend that has been escalating year-over-year. Due to the high
amount of personal information, medical records command a high value on the dark web and can be
listed for up to $1,000 each, 10 times more than the average credit card data breach record.
Cybercriminals can then easily obtain this information and impersonate legitimate patients.

This stolen information can also be used to obtain free medical or dental care. Because of this, CIOs will
scramble to ensure procedures are in place so that doctors know their patients are who they say they are
—and this is the domain of the emerging field of Know Your Patient (KYP). This means healthcare
provider organizations need to adopt identity safeguards similar to the Know Your Customer (KYC)
regulations adopted by the financial service industry.

About the Author
Robert Prigge is responsible for all aspects of Jumio’s business and
strategy. Specializing in security and enterprise business, he held C-level
or senior management positions at Infrascale, Secure Computing,

McAfee, Quest Software, Sterling Commerce and IBM. Robert can be
reached online via LinkedIn, on Twitter @rprigge and at Jumio’s website,
www.jumio.com.

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