Cybersecurity in Digital Healthcare Services

Academic Paper from the year 2023 in the subject Computer Science - IT-Security, University of East London (University of East London), course: Professional Doctorate Information Security, language: English, abstract: Understanding cybercrime is very challenging for organizations. The sheer complexity of the massive healthcare technology and services landscape involved makes it even more difficult to analyse and understand cybercrime. A systematic and research-based approach is needed to create a comprehensive catalogue of cybercrime in healthcare and thereby offer support and intellectual help to healthcare service organizations facing the challenge of healthcare cybercrime. The aim of this research paper is to identify cybersecurity challenges in healthcare organizations that have digitally transformed or are amid digital transformation and provide a practical approach to address these challenges.

This research includes real-life cybercrime incidents and reviews the details of how cyber threats exploit vulnerabilities in human, technological systems, or procedural methods. The research includes the following: An in-depth review of cybercrime in healthcare service organizations, and an approach to address the cybersecurity challenges faced by healthcare service organizations.