The paper 'Cyberthreats to Hospitals: Panacea, a Toolkit for People-Centric Cybersecurity' has been published in the Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability. This work explains why cyberattacks may have significant effects on the provision of health services and which concrete measures can be implemented to strengthen the healthcare organisations security. The paper presents also the Panacea toolkit, designed for connected devices and people, that supports hospitals performing preparedness activities, such as, the assessment of the nature and severity of a threat, the identification of mitigation measures and adoption of mitigation strategies.

Paper overview:

• Provides a general outlook of the reasons behind cyber attacks in hospitals;
• Provides an overview of the PANACEA project's main objectives;
• Provides an introduction to the PANACEA Solution Toolkit and Delivery Toolkit, putting a particular emphasis on the description of the PANACEA Dynamic Risk Management Platform (DRMP).

Authors:

• Sabina Magalini, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
• Pasquale Mari, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli
• Matteo Merialdo, RHEA Group
• Emanoulis Spanakis, Foundation For Research And Forth Technology Hellas
• Vangelis Sakkalis, Foundation For Research And Forth Technology Hellas
• Fabio Rizzoni, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli
• Alessandra Casaroli, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli
• Silvia Bonomi, Sapienza University of Rome
   

Keynotes:

hospital toolkit for cybersecurity, cybersecurity, hospitals, people-centric approach

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