A survey of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in healthcare systems

Abstract

The security of healthcare servers and their applications from unauthorized access and hacking effect of patient file safety as a result of missing or modified data. Therefore, it is necessary to protect those servers and health systems and to know the cyber weaknesses in them and other related services to prevent them before they occur and treat them if they occur as soon as possible to reach the highest level of security and confidentiality of patient data and their privacy in addition to the safety of systems from malfunctions as a result of the attack. This research revolves around the concept of penetration and the motives of the attackers, in addition to the methods of penetration and vulnerability with mentioning some common attacks and clarifying their method of operation, and determining their effects on the victim. The research also deals with the most important basics and requirements to achieve privacy and security for health systems at different levels, including systems, users, and devices, with some intrusion protection techniques mentioned, and some challenges and solutions will be discussed in addition to some security issues in general, the research aims to gain the best level of security and privacy in the infrastructure of health systems.

A Systematic Literature Review on Cybersecurity Threats to Healthcare Data and Mitigation Strategies

“…Other vital components of a holistic cybersecurity strategy include the management of IT infrastructure (Alodaynan & Alanazi, 2021;Elhoseny et al, 2021), the implementation of an intrusion detection system (Alodaynan & Alanazi, 2021;Elhoseny et al, 2021), and risk management (Abraham et al, 2019;Bhuyan et al, 2020). According to Bhosale et al (2021), one of the reasons why healthcare institutions are vulnerable to cyberattacks is the prevalence of legacy systems.…”

“…According to Bhosale et al (2021), one of the reasons why healthcare institutions are vulnerable to cyberattacks is the prevalence of legacy systems. Hence, it is vital that different components of IT infrastructures, including hardware and software, are adequately maintained and upgraded to ensure that cybercriminals do not exploit their weaknesses to gain access to healthcare data (Alodaynan & Alanazi, 2021;Elhoseny et al, 2021). IT infrastructure management can also entail vulnerability management, where the vulnerability of an institution to cyberattacks is regularly assessed and classified to determine their order of priority (Dias et al, 2021).…”