Workshop 1

Building Cyber Security Resilience for health practitioners

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 health practitioner 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. We will share live case studies, what trends you need to know about and simple take-aways to help ward against cyber-attack.

Learning outcomes include

·         Recognise why instilling a culture of cyber security, safety and digital 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 and to build a cyber resilient culture including:

o   password and identity management

o   patching and vulnerability management

o   phishing and how to stop cyber-attacks in their tracks

Workshop 3

Privacy and digital security awareness compliance for medical practitioners in Australia.

Do you send patient intake forms via email? Do you use personal email for patient emails. Is your email encrypted? Do you have multi factor authentication? Shared logins? Do you know that incorrect use of technology could result in a compliance breach, lost patient data, millions of dollars in fines and irreparable reputation damage?

We help you to understand obligations as a medical practitioner under the Privacy Act 1988 relating to digital exposure, why compliance is critical and how to embed good privacy and cyber security in medical practice.

Through the immersive lens of breaches in medical practice, this workshop includes

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

• identify relevant Digital Health Record legislation, and the consequences of non-compliance.

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

• an awareness of what is coming in the regulatory space for health practitioners and cyber security

Workshop 2

Beyond pandemic: Implementing and maintaining a cyber safe and secure tele-health practice

Practitioners faced an unprecedented shift to telehealth services at the start of the COVID19 Pandemic and cyber criminals, and attacks have sky rocketed.

Now, more 12 months on, it is critical that practitioners review their telehealth approach to minimise patient data breaches. This workshop includes actions that practitioners can take to ensure end-to-end security and safety throughout the telehealth experience.

Including

• what to look for when selecting service providers and email solutions,

• good safety practices during consultations,

• securely sending patient information electronically, and

• good privacy practices and policies.

  Participants leave with a telehealth checklist and implementable actions.

Workshop 4

Patient confidentiality and cyber criminals: Preparing for and responding to patient information data breach and cyber security incidents in medical practice.

Do you know what to do if a data breach occurs? How can you tell if it has happened through a cyber breach and what must a medical practitioner do?  Did you know that acting quickly is key to containing a reputational fall out, large fines, and securing patient data?

 Key to that is having data breach action plans and procedures. This workshops outlines

• how to develop a privacy action plan and

• a data breach action plan for your health practice.

 Participants leave with a security and privacy response flow charts, templates and clear guidance for what must be implemented – aligned with health regulation and privacy data compliance in Australia.