Health Care Cybersecurity Challenges and Solutions Under the Climate of COVID-19: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has challenged the resilience of the health care information system, which has affected our ability to achieve the global goal of health and well-being. The pandemic has resulted in a number of recent cyberattacks on hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, the US Department of Health and Human Services, the World Health Organization and its partners, and others.

Objective

The aim of this review was to identify key cybersecurity challenges, solutions adapted by the health sector, and areas of improvement needed to counteract the recent increases in cyberattacks (eg, phishing campaigns and ransomware attacks), which have been used by attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in technology and people introduced through changes to working practices in response to the

SUBMITTER: He Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8059789 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature