Winnipeg health authority failing to protect personal info, AG says

WINNIPEG — Personal health information on laptops, smartphones and tablets is not being properly protected by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Manitoba’s auditor general says.

Results of an audit released Wednesday showed the WRHA is not identifying the risks to personal information accessed by electronic devices.

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“Because of these significant cybersecurity control weaknesses, the WRHA was unnecessarily vulnerable to personal health information falling into the wrong hands,” Auditor General Norm Ricard said in a news release.

The report makes 12 recommendations for the WRHA and the provincial Department of Health, Healthy Living and Seniors.

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