Cyberbiosecurity in medicine: protecting data and patients in the digital age
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v104i6e-236087Keywords:
Social engineering, Cyber attack, Health system, Medicine, CyberbiosecurityAbstract
Technological innovation has become an inherent aspect of our society’s existence, since practically every item relevant to our daily lives has at least one cyber component associated with it. These include personal computers, computer networks, information technology and virtual reality. Now the life sciences are establishing an interface with information technology and cybersecurity, giving rise to a discipline whose scope is biosecurity, cyber-physical security and cybersecurity, which has been called cyberbiosecurity. This involves the understanding, protection, mitigation, investigation, surveillance, intrusions and malicious and harmful activities that can occur within or at the interfaces of the medical sciences and can affect the competitiveness and resilience of institutions. This paper will address issues related to cybersecurity in medical institutions such as clinics, hospitals and laboratories.
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