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Syndemic of cyber crime




''Syndemic'' is not a new term. It was created by American medical anthropologist Merrill Singer in the 1990s to explain a situation in which two or more diseases interact to do more harm than the sum of the effects of the two diseases."

"The impact of this interaction is also amplified by social and environmental factors that somehow connect diseases and enhance the negative effects of disease interaction," Singer told the BBC.

 

The shift of attackers' focus from financial institutions to institutions that collect, process and store sensitive personal data, at a time when the world economy is burdened by the impact of a pandemic, places medical institutions at the very top of the most attractive targets of attackers.

 

The importance of data available to and processed as part of the day-to-day business processes of a medical institution requires the establishment of a comprehensive information security management system, not only due to regulatory obligations and compliance with the Law on Personal Data Protection, Law on Information Security and GDPR, but also due to the need to preserve the reputation and complete protection against business risks.

 

In addition to a series of cyber attacks on health facilities since the beginning of the year, nine Israeli hospitals and health institutions have been targeted this month, Israeli media reported.

Fortunately, the timely assessment and quick response of the management and employees stopped those attempts and no damage was caused. Experts advise not to accept extortion, because then you become an accomplice in the crime and sponsor cybercrime, but to report every cyber attack to the Department of the Ministry of the Interior of Serbia for high-tech crime, and that education is the most important.

 

The good news is that healthcare leaders are ready to increase investment in cyber security. The role of information security is extremly important in modern business, especially having in mind the constantly growing trend of threats and lack of staff trained to adequately respond to market threats.

 

It is crucial to choose a partner, a technological expert on cybercrime, who will provide solutions to increase protection and thus influence the reduction of cybercrime with an adequate solution for the security of information systems.


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