Cybersecurity in Healthcare

Healthcare organizations continually face evolving cyberthreats that can put patient safety at risk. Cybersecurity threats can impede a healthcare organization’s ability to provide necessary patient care. Healthcare cybersecurity is the process of applying a variety of prevention, detection, and response strategies to protect healthcare facilities (such as hospital) from cyberattacks. It is an area of information technology focused on protecting healthcare systems. It involves the protection of electronic information and assets from unauthorized access. It is an enterprise-wide commitment to cybersafety and the implementation of purpose-built solutions to help healthcare organizations provide safe, uninterrupted care to patients. This paper introduces the readers to the use of cybersecurity in healthcare.