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In addition to cybercriminals using increasingly sophisticated approaches, experts believe that the incidence of attacks has risen exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic as hackers have exploited the vulnerabilities exposed within medical care networks as a result of the crisis.
- Vulnerability Management, Patch Management
- Administrative Privileges and Administrative Multifactorial Authentication
- Incident Response Plan
- Information Sharing
- Privacy-Conscious Data Sharing and Processing
Exposure and vulnerability management involves the identification, evaluation, and mitigation of IT vulnerabilities. It relies heavily on threat-monitoring processes but also entails all the identification steps: risk assessment, remediation or mitigation steps, and reevaluation . In handling and investigating attacks and post-infection remediation...
The risks associated with granting administrative privileges to users in health facilities are immense. According to CyberSheath’s APT Privileged Account Exploitation report, the vast majority of large-scale attacks that caused significant damage and expenses were initiated through the compromise of a privileged account such as that of a third-part...
As cyberattacks have become increasingly frequent and consequential in recent years, health facilities should prepare an incident response and business continuity plan. These plans should be regularly tested, exercised, and stored offline . Plans should involve an agreed upon process with the appropriate stakeholders identified. It is important to ...
The exchange of potential threats, indicators of compromise, best practices, vulnerabilities, lessons learned, and of mitigation strategies between stakeholders across public and private sectors is an essential step in building the cybersecurity of healthcare systems [61, 62]. Information sharing facilitates situational awareness and a solid unders...
The sharing of medical and genomic data, across departments and institutions, is necessary for both effective patient care and for meaningful research that advances the state-of-the-art in personalized medicine. In fact, the recent increasing trend towards P4 (Predictive, Preventive, Personalized and Participatory) medicine is called to revolutioni...
- Salem T. Argaw, Juan Ramón Troncoso-Pastoriza, Darren Lacey, Marie-Valentine Florin, Franck Calcavec...
- 2020
Jul 28, 2021 · In order to address security gaps within healthcare, each organisation should perform a cyber risk and privacy impact assessment and identify potential vulnerabilities, which could be exploited by cyber actors.
- Sokratis Nifakos, Krishna Chandramouli, Charoula Konstantina Nikolaou, Panagiotis Papachristou, Sabi...
- 10.3390/s21155119
- 2021
- Sensors (Basel). 2021 Aug; 21(15): 5119.
This paper discusses hardware security, both from hacking and protecting aspects, and a classification of all possible hardware attacks is provided and most popular attacks are discussed including the countermeasures.
Aug 11, 2022 · In any case, recent advancements in hacking methods are beginning to enable attacks whether or not a device is connected to the internet, a fourth reason for medical devices' increased risk. Previous generations of devices transmitted data via telephone or cell tower, so hacking was more difficult ( 75 ).
- Liat Wasserman, Yair Wasserman
- Front Digit Health. 2022; 4: 862221.
- 10.3389/fdgth.2022.862221
- 2022
Oct 14, 2023 · Protecting information technology systems and connections from unauthorized access, data breaches, theft, damage, or manipulation of hardware or software is known as cybersecurity. It is crucial to prioritize cybersecurity when dealing with information systems that hold valuable data.
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What did 2020 look like for healthcare cybersecurity? VMWare/Carbon Black: 239.4 million cyberattacks attempted in 2020. Average of 816 attempted attacks per healthcare endpoint. 9,851% increase from 2019. Between January and February: 51% increase. Increased throughout year. Peaked September/October at 87% increase.
