Tag Archives: healthcare

A Cybersecurity Overview of the Canadian Health Sector

This research report written by Louis Melançon for Serene-risc in August 2020, provides a cybersecurity overview of the Canadian health sector. It looks at the latest statistics concerning the cybersecurity practices of Canadian health businesses. This report also presents each of the five major cyber threats to healthcare and examines the recommended security safeguards and measures. Finally, it covers …

« Sharing is Caring » : un cadre collaboratif pour le partage des alertes de sécurité

Un système de détection de menaces qui se veut collaboratif et actif ne peut fonctionner sans une communication adéquate entre les acteurs impliqués. Particulièrement, un échange d’informations quant aux réponses faites à la suite d’incidents de sécurité permet une meilleure identification et prévention de futurs incidents tout en permettant d’isoler celui-ci plus rapidement. Cependant, la …

Sharing is Caring: A collaborative framework for sharing security alerts

A threat detection system that aims to be collaborative and active cannot function without adequate communication between the actors involved. In particular, an exchange of information about responses to security incidents allows better identification and prevention of future incidents while enabling them to be isolated faster. On the other hand, the main problem that seems …

Blockchain-based Personal Health Records and Health Data Sharing: Are Patients Ready?

Presented by Victoria Lemieux et Chang Lu as a part of the 2020 Serene-risc Workshop on The State of Canadian Cybersecurity Conference: Human-Centric Cybersecurity. About the presentation Recently, researchers have suggested that Bblockchain technology may precipitate a paradigm shift in personal health records (PHR) by enabling patients to become co-contributor to the validation, maintenance and …

Review on the Security Threats of Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing technology, and health technologies are essential tools in 2021 to ensure the well-being and running of individuals and organizations’ activities in our society. However, considering the importance of connected objects and the irreplaceable place they occupy, it is vital to ensure that they are well protected against malware …

État des lieux des menaces de sécurité concernant l’internet des objets (IoT)

L’internet des objets (IoT) (« Internet of things » en anglais), la technologie par nuagerie informatique et les technologies de santé sont des outils primordiaux en 2021 pour assurer le bien-être et le roulement des activités des individus et des organisations primordiales dans notre société. Considérant l’importance des objets connectés, et la place irremplaçable qu’ils occupent, il …

User Perceptions of Security Risks Related to Contact Tracing Technologies

Presented by Hervé Saint-Louis as a part of the 2020 Serene-risc Workshop on The State of Canadian Cybersecurity Conference: Human-Centric Cybersecurity. About the presentation Researchers and industry have proposed cellphone-based contact tracing to help contain the spread of SARS-COV-2 virus in people during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the efficacy of contact tracing requires a certain …