An inherent desire of healthcare is to preserve and maintain life. So it is not surprising that the letter and fax have been "kept alive" here to this day. But at the latest, the bottleneck of fax machines in health offices in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic has shown how important the rapid expansion of digitization in healthcare is.
A lot is currently happening in Germany in this area:
These developments are desirable in terms of patient orientation. However, it is important:
If you want to digitize, you have to think about IT security.
Numerous laws, standards and organizations are intended to ensure the establishment of sustainable and secure digitization in the healthcare sector:
Our team of specialized penetration testers and IT security consultants supports you in meeting legal and regulatory requirements in IT security.
The principle of "security by design" is about taking the security aspect into account as early as the development stage of digital applications and structures (rather than checking it at a later stage). In line with the shift-left approach, the topic of IT security should be integrated as far "left" as possible in the development timeline.
If you are just at the beginning of a digital development process, don't put off the topic of IT security and talk to us right away!
Then we will clarify in a non-binding meeting how we can best support you in terms of IT security.
If WLAN routers were still supplied without activated password protection by default, as they were in the early days, there would probably be vast numbers of unprotected WLAN networks in German private households - and presumably in pharmacies and doctors' surgeries as well.
When you connect a new router today, it usually has a passphrase written on the bottom that protects your network by default. You have to actively switch off this security component if you really do not want to use it.
In our mobile application penetration testing, our ethical hackers use your app with an attacker's eye to find potential vulnerabilities and security holes. They include both static aspects (for example, forgotten credentials in the source code) and dynamic aspects (for example, communication with the API). The possibility of physical theft of the mobile device is also taken into account.
You can find more information about our holistic mobile application penetration testing here. Feel free to contact us for a non-binding get-to-know conversation!
The digitalization of healthcare also includes pharmacies: Topics such as WhatsApp communication, connection to MVZs and hospitals, and especially the introduction of the e-prescription are increasingly bringing IT security into focus. These modernization processes are confronted with outdated technical components such as FAX devices and FritzBox WLAN networks, which are often neither professionally set up nor maintained.
In short, many pharmacy networks still have room for improvement when it comes to security by design.
ProSec is a pioneer in Germany in penetration testing specifically adapted to the needs of pharmacies.
Our customers include numerous pharmacies whose IT security we have already been able to modernize and expand with our expertise and experience. We pick you up at your current level and make your pharmacy fit together with you in the fight against cyber attacks. Of course, we also bring external service providers on board.
Our Co-Founder Immanuel Bär explains everything worth knowing about IT security in pharmacies as a speaker in lectures and as a Expert in professional articles. Our entire team cares a lot about communicating our deep expertise in a way that our counterparts can practically work with it.
Would you like to have your pharmacy's IT "checked" by experts to ensure the protection of sensitive customer data and your digital infrastructure? Then contact us for a no-obligation meeting to get to know each other!
With the Hospital Future Fund (KHZF), the federal and state governments are providing a funding volume of up to 4.3 billion euros for the expansion of digitization in hospitals. Anyone who wants to receive support from this fund must also invest in IT security. This makes sense in order to take into account the simultaneously increasing possibilities of attack, despite all the conveniences and the increase in efficiency through digitization.
Penetration tests are an important tool in securing digital infrastructures. In these tests, our ethical hackers (penetration testers) search for vulnerabilities and security holes in your network just like real attackers. They then support you in efficiently remediating these so-called findings.
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