Data Security in the COVID-19 Era

New study aims to provide IT managers with cloud security practices

By By Dan Hounsell


Healthcare organizations are adopting new technologies to improve patient care, offer new services for remote patients and reach operational excellence, but the integration of these new technologies creates new challenges for information technology managers regarding data protection and cybersecurity.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has been a driver for increased cyber attacks on healthcare organizations, including phishing attacks that aim to collect user credentials as well as ransomware attacks that seek to encrypt the data of hospitals, it also has stressed the need for remote healthcare services, according to Security Boulevard. Cloud platforms have provided the elasticity and fast access required for the deployment of these services.

To help healthcare IT professionals establish and maintain cloud security while selecting and deploying appropriate technical and organizational measures, ENISA issued a study that aims to provide cloud security practices. To address these challenges, ENISA suggests implementing security and data protection measures. For example, IT managers should conduct a risk assessment and data protection impact assessment to identify cybersecurity and data protection threats and risks for cloud deployments and evaluate the impact of the overall risk.

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March 2, 2021


Topic Area: Information Technology


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