Cybersecurity in Helth Care

Cybersecurity in Healthcare Student’s Name Institution Course Name and Number Lecturer’s Name Due Date Cybersecurity in Healthcare Healthcare organizations have historically aimed at designing strong risk mitigation risks, which are becoming achievable with the evolution and development of new technologies. Currently, the demand for new technologies and devices has increased in the medical industry. The new technologies have revolutionized healthcare with various advancements such as the adoption of electronic healthcare records (EHR) that allow speedy access to healthcare information (Ahmed et al., 2022). Technologies have also helped in improving access to care, reducing medical errors, and increasing efficiency and productivity. Despite these benefits, the new technologies are vulnerable to cyber-attacks, putting patients’ privacy at high risk. Healthcare organizations are particularly prone to cyber-attacks and targeted by hackers because they contain much information of high monetary and intelligence value. The targeted data includes patient’s health information, financial records, personally identifying information, and intellectual property associated with medical research and innovation (Ahmed et al., 2022). These security threats necessitate the use of stringent cybersecurity measures to protect patient's health information and other sensitive data. Cybersecurity refers to security measures taken to protect organizational systems against cyber threats (Ahmed et al., 2022). It has significant implications for the healthcare industry. By protecting patient’s health information against malicious attacks, the organization prevents possible lawsuits under th...