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425 36 RECOMMENDATION #1: AN ENHANCED SECURITY STRUCTURE AND READINESS MUST BE ADOPTED BY IHIS AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS #VIGILANCE
GOVERNANCE PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT 682. All organisations,
whether commercial, nonprofit or governmental, need to build a secure organisation to ensure long-term success. This means that organisations must implement and maintain
a strong security posture, including in relation to cybersecurity. This is particularly relevant to organisations like
IHiS and the public health institutions (“
PHIs”), which own and/or maintain public sector IT systems which contain large databases of personal data – failing to secure the organisation can lead to potentially devastating consequences beyond the four walls of the organisation.
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Over the course of the Inquiry, the evidence showed that certain aspects of the public healthcare sector’s cybersecurity posture were poor, in particular on the sector’s mindset towards cybersecurity. This was the case even at the MOHH level.
At the same time, even for aspects of the public healthcare sector’s cybersecurity posture that are adequate, there is scope to further improve. The recommendations below aim to address this.
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