Kioskli, Kitty and Fotis, Theofanis and Nifakos, Sokratis and Mouratidis, Haralambos (2023) The Importance of Conceptualising the Human-Centric Approach in Maintaining and Promoting Cybersecurity-Hygiene in Healthcare 4.0. Applied Sciences, 13 (6). p. 3410. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063410
Kioskli, Kitty and Fotis, Theofanis and Nifakos, Sokratis and Mouratidis, Haralambos (2023) The Importance of Conceptualising the Human-Centric Approach in Maintaining and Promoting Cybersecurity-Hygiene in Healthcare 4.0. Applied Sciences, 13 (6). p. 3410. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063410
Kioskli, Kitty and Fotis, Theofanis and Nifakos, Sokratis and Mouratidis, Haralambos (2023) The Importance of Conceptualising the Human-Centric Approach in Maintaining and Promoting Cybersecurity-Hygiene in Healthcare 4.0. Applied Sciences, 13 (6). p. 3410. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063410
Abstract
The cyberspace depicts an increasing number of difficulties related to security, especially in healthcare. This is evident from how vulnerable critical infrastructures are to cyberattacks and are unprotected against cybercrime. Users, ideally, should maintain a good level of cyber hygiene, via regular software updates and the development of unique passwords, as an effective way to become resilient to cyberattacks. Cyber security breaches are a top priority, and most users are aware that their behaviours may put them at risk; however, they are not educated to follow best practices, such as protecting their passwords. Mass cyber education may serve as a means to offset poor cyber security behaviours; however, mandatory education becomes a questionable point if the content is not focused on human factors, using human-centric approaches and taking into account end users’ behaviours, which is currently the case. The nature of the present paper is largely exploratory, and the purpose is two-fold: To present and explore the cyber hygiene definition, context and habits of end users in order to strengthen our understanding of users. Our paper reports the best practices that should be used by healthcare organisations and healthcare professionals to maintain good cyber hygiene and how these can be applied via a healthcare use case scenario to increase awareness related to data privacy and cybersecurity. This is an issue of great importance and urgency considering the rapid increase of cyberattacks in healthcare organisations, mainly due to human errors. Further to that, based on human-centric approaches, our long-term vision and future work involves facilitating the development of efficient practices and education associated with cybersecurity hygiene via a flexible, adaptable and practical framework.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | cyber hygiene; cyberattacks; healthcare; human factors |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2023 14:10 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 21:45 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/35164 |
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