How to fight cybercrime targeting our healthcare system effectively

OP-ED · 4 FEBRUARY 2022

By Jérôme Beaufils · Lire en français

The healthcare and social care sector 👩‍⚕️ 😷🤕 is a prime target for cyberattackers.

On average, one healthcare facility suffers a cyberattack 🥷 every week.

What are the root causes?

And above all, what concrete remedies can prevent our healthcare facilities 🏥 from being paralysed and our personal health data 📊 from ending up exposed on the Internet?

Technology is of course a necessary part of the answer, but on its own, separated from the organisational and legal dimensions, it is insufficient to improve security over time.

In this article, Gaëlle TILLOY, a lawyer at the Paris Bar specialising in new technologies and personal data, and Jérôme BEAUFILS, President of SASETY, an expert in digital infrastructure, take these dimensions into account to propose a cybersecurity approach that is concrete, structured and effective over time.

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