Cyber Security Challenges of the Health Section: A Review Study

Background and Aim: The advancement of technology and the subsequent change in the way of recording and storing medical data have created challenges in terms of privacy and security of people's health information, which is one of the most important controversial topics in this era. Because these data are of special importance for people and the health system, these challenges can affect people's lives sometimes effectively and sometimes ineffectively. The purpose of this article is to identify the challenges of information security in the field of health. The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges of information security in the field of health.
Methods: This study results from a search in Iran doc, Civilica, MagIran, SID, PubMed, and Google Scholar websites. Articles whose full text was not available and articles that were repeated were also excluded from the study process. Also, articles in Persian and English since 2015 Using cyber security keywords, health domain, cyber security, cyberattack, and finally 30 articles were selected and entered the study process.
Results: Surveys showed that cyber security in the field of health means safe access to clients' information in a confidential manner, which the main challenges are information confidentiality, hackers attack, secure data storage, and secure data sharing.
Conclusion: Using technology to record and store medical data and information, despite safe storage, easy access and many advantages due to the possibility of cyberattacks, can be considered the biggest threat to patients, treatment teams, and policymakers.