The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity published additional material on Wednesday 7 April to help hospitals protect themselves against cyber attacks. The pandemic is indeed conducive to the hacking of healthcare systems (instances up 45% by the end of 2020, according to the Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point).
Specifically, the agency has translated a concise version of its procurement guidelines for hospital cybersecurity, which were published on 24 February, into the 24 official languages of the EU. It has also activated an online tool to help healthcare institutions identify best practices in addressing cybersecurity needs when purchasing products or services.
“Securing e-Health today means ensuring the resilience of the EU’s life support system, the healthcare sector”, said the EU Agency for Cybersecurity Executive Director, Juhan Lepassaar. “ENISA is committed to shape the ICT environment needed to prevent cyber security incidents and attacks on our healthcare sector”.
By way of a reminder, the guidelines propose, among other things, a classification of the different threats. They also identify a series of good practices, such as involving the IT department in the various stages of the process, and even developing a policy for updating hardware.
Link: https://bit.ly/2OyKv5C (Original version in French by Sophie Petitjean)