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Expected increased use of eHealth solutions requires more cybersecurity analysis and threat mitigation
It is currently a trend in Europe that the population is aging. In other words, the proportion of elderly people in our countries is increasing, due both to fewer children as well as a longer life expectancy. According to the report Redesigning Health in Europe for 2020 , healthcare costs in Europe are currently increasing. These costs are in most European countries a grow- ing component of the GDP, and in some cases still a growing part of public finances, repre- senting between 4% and 12% of GDP in EU Member States.
In other words, the use of the concept of eHealth is seen as a main driver to maintaining quality health services in an affordable way. Consequently, eHealth solutions and technologies are expected to significantly increase in the upcoming years.
From the cyber security point of view, all these trends should be carefully analysed. They introduce or boost the quantity of sensitive information systems and data from patients through monitoring signals, health status and a patient’s history and data in electronic format, ready for sharing. All this information can be considered confidential and sensitive data. Therefore, strong requirements and efforts to conveniently anonymise it and protect it should be made, considering especially existing threats and trends in cyber-attacks.
The eHealth sector is no exception. We are seeing the trend of an increasing number of cyber-attacks to the health sector. A lack of adequate IT spending by healthcare organisa- tions and a lack of awareness about cybercrime have exposed the vulnerabilities of healthcare organisations. The overall impact of cyber-attacks on hospitals and healthcare systems is estimated to be nearly six billion per year.
According to a report from Grand View Research Inc4 the eHealth market is expected to reach over 280.000 million Euro by 2022 driven mainly by the digitalisation of the healthcare industry.