Some Sensible Notes From HISA On Cyber Security. Worth A Read.

This appeared a few days ago.Healthcare Executives and Employees Are Hacker Targets – 5 steps to Protect ThemJun 7, 2019 | Community of Practice HISA, cybersecurity, HISA AdvocacyTom CramptonCybersecurity Community of Practice Steering Committee MemberCyber criminal activity continues to spread rapidly across Australian businesses of all sizes and in all industries. Healthcare is no exception, and frontline employees and ‘C-suite’ executives are increasingly the prime targets. While businesses may feel overwhelmed by the growing risk of cyber attacks and criminal activity, there are simple things that can be done now to manage the immediate risks.Cyber crime rising – 61% of all data breaches are criminalFor the first three months of 2019, 131 or 61% of the breaches of personal or confidential information reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) were criminal or malicious in nature. Other breaches were attributed to human error (35 %) and systems faults...
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.

Source: Australian Health Information Technology - June 11, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs