Conclusion
Cybersecurity in health care is of primary concern to patients, providers and regulatory agencies. Health care breaches are happening every day. Medical devices have been hacked, patient records are being stolen and health care organizations are facing continuous threats. While health care organizations can’t prevent a breach from occurring, there are strategies and tactics to help mitigate the potential damage of a breach. Adopting a cybersecurity risk framework enables organizations to leverage proven processes and maintain an evergreen cybersecurity risk-mitigation strategy.
Ken Zalevsky is a certified cybersecurity leader from Carnegie Mellon University, and a director in the Informatics Software R&D Group at Bayer. The opinions expressed in this article are entirely those of the author and not of his employer.
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For further reading on medical cybersecurity, read NEMA/MITA's white paper on the subject. It addresses how cyber threats pose a significant risk to patient safety, clinical and business continuity in the practice of medical imaging, and why a combination of people, processes, and technologies is required to mitigate these risks.Back to HCB News
