Cyber Hygiene in Health Care Data Breaches

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Author(s): Jomin George (Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia)and Aroma Emmanuel (Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 13
Source title: Cyber Warfare and Terrorism: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2466-4.ch077

Keywords: Cyber Warfare & Terrorism / Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism / Information Science Reference / Security & Forensics

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This article describes how data breaches have become the norm, as highlighted by the significant number of breaches experienced by healthcare providers. These breaches have led to the scrutiny of cybersecurity technologies, protocols and strategies applied in the health care sector. As such, this article will explore the cyber security available in health care that is used and can be used to deter data breaches. Health care sectors are currently looking on different technologies and strategies to prevent and secure the patient information from data hackers. But some of these techniques have been effective, and some have not.

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