After the last big informatic attack, causing over 20 million people to change their profiles and password, the protection of personal data has become a priority in any sector, included healthcare.
While hospitals could be imagined as safe places, they are actually a key target: patients' data might be sold to companies for their profit, hospital devices could be easily and suddenly knocked out.
The Policlinico Gemelli of Rome, together with 14 european partners, is taking part in a research project funded by 5 million euro of EU funding.