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The national voice of healthcare organizations and hospitals

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Leading Practices in Cyber Security

New technologies are penetrating into every facet of health and healthcare; a trend that will only accelerate in the years to come. In the main, this is a very good thing. Increasingly, digital infrastructure is also becoming the backbone of a broad range of everyday health services. More broadly, the newly digitized and networked landscape is turning out to be a core feature of a modern, responsive, and resilient healthcare system.

Yet healthcare’s brave new world also poses new and frightening challenges for healthcare leaders, governments, patients, and the public. These new technologies, if not properly managed and secured, may prove to be our sector’s greatest vulnerability in a moment of crisis. HealthCareCAN recognizes the importance of promoting resilient infrastructure; a project that very much includes shoring up our sector’s cybersecurity posture.

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Cybersecurity in the time of COVID

The COVID-19 outbreak has had a spillover effect on the cybersecurity resilience of healthcare organizations. The increase in remote work has also made healthcare organizations across Canada much more vulnerable to network penetration during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Cybersecurity in Health: We’re in this together

As the national voice of Canada’s hospitals and healthcare organizations, HealthCareCAN is partnering with organizations in an effort to create and sustain a dialogue between cybersecurity experts and health leaders, and to cultivate cybersecurity capacity and expertise within Canada’s health sector.

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Moving Forward for Cybersafe Healthcare

Lax cybersecurity threatens to undermine the security of the critical infrastructure upon which we all depend and to endanger the safety of the patients and communities we serve. Ultimately, these new technologies, if not properly managed and secured, may prove to be our sector’s greatest vulnerability in a moment of crisis.

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Signatories of the Declaration of commitment to cybersafe healthcare

Additional Resources

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CCTX is an independent, not-for-profit organization, launched in 2016 that helps Canadian businesses and consumers detect and mitigate cyber attacks. CCTX acts as a node in which threat information from various industries and sectors can be analyzed, to the benefit of all members. Partners in CCTX provide access to internal data, which CCTX then collects, analyzes, aggregates, and anonymizes for distribution within the network. Any threats detected through this process are identified, and all members are alerted to threats with advice on strategies for mitigation. CCTX’s approach is consistent with the National Strategy for Critical Infrastructure and the network was recently joined by key federal departments, including Public Safety Canada and the Canadian Communications Security Establishment.

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Cyber Essentials Canada is a platform that allows firms to undertake self-assessment of cyber resilience based on five key security controls: (1) firewalls and gateways, (2) secure configuration, (3) access control, (4) malware protection, and (5) patch  management. Compliance with Cyber Essentials standards is estimated to prevent approximately 80% of common internet attacks. Certification with Cyber Essentials is compulsory in the United Kingdom for firms doing business with the government.

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The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) is Canada’s authority on cyber security. We have united existing operational cyber security expertise from Public Safety Canada, Shared Services Canada, and the Communications Security Establishment in to one high-functioning, responsive organization. The Cyber Centre leads the government’s response to cyber security events. We work to protect and defend the country’s valuable cyber assets. We work side-by-side with the private and public sectors to solve Canada’s most complex cyber issues. We help to develop Canada’s cyber security talent. We are the National CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team), and the Government of Canada CIRT (Computer Incident Response Team), working in close collaboration with government departments, critical infrastructure, Canadian businesses and international partners to respond to and mitigate cyber events.

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The Canadian Critical Infrastructure Information Gateway is a collaborative, unclassified workspace for the critical infrastructure community with the aim of facilitating information sharing in support of building a safer, more secure and more resilient Canada. Critical infrastructure owner/operators can gain the benefit of joint expertise as well as rapid access to threat information by joining and participating in the Gateway.

Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada
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HIROC is a non-profit insurance reciprocal serving Canada’s healthcare organizations with cost-effective and comprehensive insurance coverage and risk management solutions to help subscribers make better decisions. HIROC has published a guide to cyber risk management in Canadian healthcare organizations that includes advice on how to protect your organization from breaches, threats and vulnerabilities.

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Firstreceivers.ca is a community of practice that links health professionals with up to date resources and news in response to disasters that affect healthcare critical infrastructure. The community is administered by the Centre for Excellence on Emergency Preparedness, which promotes excellence and standards of care for emergency preparedness and response.

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The American Hospital Association (AHA) has been a leader in improving the United States healthcare system’s resilience against cyber threats. Incisive commentary and advice on leadership in healthcare cybersecurity is available in AHA’s Cybersecurity and Hospitals Series: Questions Hospital Leaders Should Ask and What Hospital Trustees Need to Know.

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CSE’s Top 10 Security Actions – The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) publishes a set of ‘top 10’ security actions based on its analysis of cyber threat trends affecting Internet-connected networks. When implemented as a set, the Top 10 help minimize intrusions and mitigate the effects of an intrusion if one occurs.

Related Reading

Register now to help shape a new National Standard for Cyber Resilience of Healthcare in Canada!

February 16, 2022

RI-MUHC research team leads new consortium to make healthcare data more accessible

December 14, 2021

N.L. cyberattack shows Canada needs national rules to protect personal data: experts - Interview with Paul-Émile Cloutier

November 17, 2021

Cybersecurity in healthcare settings: CBC interview with President & CEO, Paul-Émile Cloutier

November 4, 2021

COVID-19 pandemic made hospitals more vulnerable to cyberattacks: security experts - Interview with Paul-Émile Cloutier, President & CEO

November 3, 2021

HealthCareCAN Submission 2022 Federal Budget

HealthCareCAN's 2022 prebudget brief | August 19, 2021

HealthCareCAN Submission 2021 Federal Budget Consultation

HealthCareCAN's 2021 prebudget brief | February 19, 2021

Canada’s leaders must prioritize crumbling health infrastructure

September 22, 2020

Canada’s new normal demands a stronger health system

September 15, 2020

The First Wealth, is Health

HealthCareCAN's 2021 Pre-Budget Brief | August 18, 2020

COVID-19 AND CYBERSECURITY: Cyber criminals not deterred by lockdowns

August 3, 2020

Listen: An interview with Paul-Émile Cloutier about federal action needed to keep patient information safe

June 7, 2020

Cybersecurity in the time of COVID

April 4, 2020

Hospitals 'overwhelmed' by cyberattacks fuelled by booming black market - an Interview with HealthCareCAN's Paul-Émile Cloutier

CBC News | March 17, 2020

Cybersecurity in health: We’re in this together

December 19, 2019

Moving Forward for Cybersafe Healthcare: Insights from the Canadian Summit on Healthcare Cybersecurity

September 10, 2018

Declaration of commitment to cybersafe healthcare

June 10, 2018

Key Takeaways from HealthCareCAN's Summit on Cyber Security

March 14, 2018

Cyber Risk Management: A Guide for Healthcare Administrators and Risk Managers

Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada | November 1, 2017

The Business Guide to Ransomware: Everything to know to keep your company afloat

CareWorx | October 1, 2017

Critical Infrastructure in Canada's Health Sector, Part B: A Focus on Cybersecurity

May 31, 2017

A Primer on Big Data Analytics…and a Preliminary Q&A on the Basics of Big Data

June 9, 2016

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