The Growing Cybersecurity Crisis in Healthcare: A Call to Action

• DOI: 10.54536/ajise.v3i3.3576
• Publication Date: 2024-10-31T10:53:03Z
• Authors: Muritala Kolade Y...; Ayuba Job Danladi; Emmanuel Song Sho...; Gilles Dusserre; Victoria Abeyi Odey; Nasir Baba Baba-A...; Robert Bestak; Mohammed Isa Lawan
• Keywords: Ransomware; Data breach; Cybercrime; Pace; Cyber-attack; Call to action; Globe

Electronic healthcare technology is pervasive throughout the globe, and it affords vast opportunities to enhance clinical outcomes, as well for transformation of models care. Concerns are, however, growing, related data device security. Increased connectivity legacy computer networks brought cybersecurity vulnerabilities medical devices. Healthcare represents an attractive target cybercrime because precious. This sector in present times full unique challenges, especially susceptible kinds patient information at stake. Second, many systems will be prevalent—not adding more that—with changing face cyber threats. Cybersecurity breaches have comprised stealing health focused ransomware attacks on hospitals; this could mean vivid attack implanted only points fact that other cyber-attacks against hospitals facilities are gaining ground; there every reason get alarmed put place stricter measures. An excellent strategy, therefore, has consider access control, intrusion detection systems, encryption techniques, periodic security testing. Data forcing any provider invest new state-of-the-art technologies keeping pace with trends regarding cybersecurity. The dangers can caused by cyber-attack include a considerable diminution trust, potential system collapse, human life threats, etc. On whole, strenuously linked question safety.