In the healthcare sector, there is a lot of work with privacy-sensitive personal data, such as employee and patient records. Unfortunately, many healthcare institutions are vulnerable and lag behind in terms of cybersecurity. At the same time, ransomware is becoming increasingly sophisticated.
Hospitals Vulnerable to Cyberattacks
Earlier this week, NU.nl published an article about cybersecurity in hospitals in the Netherlands. Cybersecurity at these institutions is lagging behind compared to other sectors. Although progress is being made and there is much activity to improve this, hackers and their ransomware are also becoming more professional. While hospitals are aware of the danger, they often lack the budget to improve security. As a result, devices are often outdated, and no software updates are being performed, making them highly vulnerable. Often, it takes an attack before more funds are made available. A cyberattack on a hospital often means that patients need to be transferred, or surgeries cannot proceed.
NEN 7510
According to a recent study by the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate, information security in hospitals needs to improve, as they are becoming increasingly dependent on IT. During inspection visits, it was found that many hospitals do not meet the NEN 7510 standard. This standard provides guidelines and principles for determining, establishing, and maintaining measures that healthcare institutions and other administrators of personal health information must implement to secure their information systems.
Archive-IT Can Help!
Current systems and their security in hospitals do not always meet the required standards. Archive-IT can assist healthcare institutions in this regard. The software from Archive-IT fully complies with the NEN 7510 standard. In addition to the NEN 7510 certification, Archive-IT also meets the ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 standards. Since healthcare institutions must operate 24/7, it is often difficult to update software. When Archive-IT performs an update in one of our SaaS solutions, there may be slight inconvenience, but the systems remain online and can still be used. These updates are always carried out at fixed times, and the schedule is known for the entire year. Additionally, Archive-IT offers AIR, the solution to bring order to digital chaos by capturing the entire document flow in a single overarching system. In short, your data is securely stored and easily accessible in compliance with laws and regulations. That's what you want, right?
Feel free to contact us without obligation and learn more about how Archive-IT can assist you with securing your data or other services such as (digital or physical) document management!
Source: Nu.nl