Cybersecurity Interventions in Health Care Organizations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health care organizations globally have seen a significant increase in the frequency of cyberattacks in recent years. Cyberattacks cause massive disruptions to health service delivery and directly impact patient safety through disruption and treatment delays. Given the increasing number of cyberattacks in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), there is a need to explore the interventions put in place to plan for cyberattacks and develop cyber resilience.

Objective

This study aimed to describe cybersecurity interventions, defined as any intervention to improve cybersecurity in a health care organization, including but not limited to organizational strategy(ies); policy(ies); protocol(s), incident plan(s), or assessment process(es); framework(s) or guidelines; an

SUBMITTER: Hasegawa K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11618010 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature