Editorial: Short-term monitoring inadequate for Banner, Anthem data breaches

Short-term monitoring inadequate for Banner, Anthem data breaches

It’s not enough.

Banner Health recently revealed in letters to customers that “cyber attackers may have gained unauthorized access to information stored on a limited number of Banner Health computer servers.” Accessed data may have included patient names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses, physician names, dates of service, clinical information, health-insurance information, members of patient health plans and more.

Banner’s announcement came quickly — three weeks after it says it discovered the breach — but the remedy is sorely lacking. Banner has offered those affected one year of free credit…