Report by Paubox

2025 healthcare email security report

7 FINDINGSPublished Dec 1, 2025
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Key Findings

43.3% of healthcare email breaches involved Microsoft 365.

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IT leaders estimate only 5% of known phishing attacks are reported by healthcare employees to their security teams.

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There was a 264% increased surge of ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations.

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Barracuda, Mimecast, and Proofpoint account for 26.7% of healthcare email breaches in 2024.

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1.1% of healthcare organizations analyzed had a 'Low Risk' email security posture.

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68.8% of healthcare organizations analyzed had a 'Medium Risk' email security posture.

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31.1% of healthcare organizations analyzed had a 'High Risk' email security posture.

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