Cyber security for Doctors and Dentists who are members with the Medical Indemnity Protection Society

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Understanding the cyber security threat environment for medical and dental healthcare practitioners and implementing good cyber hygiene in your practice. 

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting healthcare practices due to the wealth of sensitive information. Understanding why health practices are a target, what the threats look like and how to implement basic cyber hygiene is critical to mitigate the risk in your practice. This webinar offers a ‘behind the curtain’ look at the digital environment and the threats of the dark web.  We will examine ‘live’ case studies, and deep dive into the trends you need to know about and simple take-aways to help ward against a cyber-attack. 

Learning outcomes 

• Discuss why instilling a culture of cyber security is critical for you and your practice staff.

• Identify key threats and modes of attack targeting the health industry including business email compromise, phishing, malware, ransomware, social engineering, identity and data theft.

• Identify key cyber hygiene practices that can optimise safe and secure technology use to build a cyber resilient culture.

• Describe the key security issues in telehealth and cloud services and provide questions to ask third party providers regarding minimum safety and security standards.

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For doctors and dentists registered with the Medical Indemnity Protection Society.

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In this session we will try to understand and answer the question about why healthcare practitioners are particularly prone to attacks from cyber criminals? What are the relevant cyber security and privacy regulatory requirements impacting medical and dental practice and how can you ensure your practice is and remains compliant? 

Historically the healthcare sector has maintained a solid record of protecting patients' confidential information, however the rapid rise in digitisation and the increase in cyber risk exposure has meant that many healthcare practitioners feel overwhelmed keeping up the pace with compliance regulations. The lack of education, knowledge and technical comprehension can leave some healthcare practitioners exposed and at risk of hefty fines and legal action if found in breach of regulations.

With the aid of case studies, we will provide an introduction to understanding why healthcare practices can be targeted  that will help healthcare practitioners understand privacy requirements, how to implement them in digital practice and how future regulations are likely to impact practitioners.

Learning outcomes 

• Identify regulatory requirements under the Privacy Act 1988, and Digital Health Record legislation

• Describe legal responsibilities under data breach notification and reporting requirements to protect health information.

• Discuss the impact on patient confidentiality and duty of care in the event of an online data breach.

• Identify the future regulatory environment for health and cyber security.

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Increasing digitisation and rapid adoption of technology has led to more sustained and sophisticated cyber-attacks around the globe. This has increased the imperative to be ready to face these threats.

Cyber criminals can threaten nearly every part of a business, including key parts of the supply chain and third parties. While the threat environment is always evolving business email compromise, unauthorised access to systems and applications, identity and data theft, malware, viruses and ransomware are of concern.

Ensuring surgeons and practice owners are prepared to face these cyber threats is an ongoing challenge.

Join us for a ‘behind the curtain’ look at the cyber threat environment, dark web and why the medical industry is a target. Daniel Muchow, RiskLogic’s Head of Cyber Consulting will share live case studies, what trends you need to know about and simple take-aways to help ward against cyber-attack.

This is a event hosted by the RACS Victorian Office. Register here