Cybersecurity Indexes for eHealth

W. Burke, Taiwo Oseni, A. Jolfaei, I. Gondal
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This study aimed to explore the cybersecurity landscape to identify cybersecurity indexes that may be relevant to the health industry. While the healthcare sector poses security concerns regarding patients' records, cybersecurity in the healthcare sector has not been given much consideration. Cybersecurity indexes are a survey that measures security preparedness and capabilities of a country or organisation. An index is made up of a series of questions, often broken into categories. These categories target areas such as law, technical responses, organisational threats, capacity building and social context. Some indexes provide ranking capabilities against other countries, while others directly evaluate what it means to be cyber-ready. In this paper, cybersecurity indexes were reviewed regarding the level of assessment (country level/organisation level), and their consideration of the wider community, the health sector, and their appearance in academic literature. Results from this study found that there was no consistency between the indexes investigated, with each index having a diverse number of categories and indicators. Some indexes resulted in a score; others did not rank their results in league tables. Evidence to calculate the level of adherence was often obtained from secondary sources, with four of the country indexes using both primary and secondary sources. Eight (out of fourteen) indexes measured wider community indicators and only one index specifically measured eHealth services. Findings from the initial systematic review suggest that hardly any peer-reviewed journal articles exist on the topic of cybersecurity indexes. The paper concludes that most of the indexes studied are broad and do not consider the eHealth sector specifically. Each index relies on a different process to gauge cybersecurity, with little to no academic rigour. It is expected that this research will contribute to the current (limited) literature addressing cybersecurity indexes.
电子健康的网络安全指数
本研究旨在探讨网路安全的现况,以找出可能与健康产业相关的网路安全指标。虽然医疗保健行业对患者的记录提出了安全问题,但医疗保健行业的网络安全并没有得到太多考虑。网络安全指数是一项衡量一个国家或组织的安全准备和能力的调查。索引是由一系列问题组成的,这些问题通常被分成不同的类别。这些类别的目标领域包括法律、技术应对、组织威胁、能力建设和社会背景。一些指数提供了对其他国家的排名能力,而另一些则直接评估了网络准备的意义。本文对网络安全指标的评估水平(国家/组织水平)、对更广泛的社区、卫生部门的考虑以及在学术文献中的出现情况进行了审查。本研究结果发现,所调查的指标之间不存在一致性,每个指标的类别和指标数量不同。一些指标产生了一个分数;其他学校则没有将成绩列入排行榜。计算依从性水平的证据通常来自二手来源,其中四个国家指数同时使用了一手和二手来源。14个指数中有8个衡量了更广泛的社区指标,只有一个指数专门衡量了电子保健服务。最初系统综述的结果表明,几乎没有同行评议的期刊文章涉及网络安全指数这一主题。本文的结论是,研究的大多数指标都是广泛的,没有具体考虑电子卫生部门。每个指数都依赖于不同的流程来衡量网络安全,几乎没有学术严谨性。预计本研究将有助于当前(有限)文献解决网络安全指标。
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