IIM Lucknow Team Develops ‘Healthcare Cyber Risk Assessment Model’ to Mitigate Cyberattacks; Check Details Here

New Delhi: A research team of IIM Lucknow has invented an electronic model to safeguard healthcare systems from cyberattacks. The ‘Healthcare cyber risk assessment model’, was developed by the research team led by IIM Lucknow Professor Arunabha Mukhopadhyay.

As per IIM Lucknow, the research team has dealt with the issue of cyberattacks on health institutions by investigating the gaps in data security systems. The model will ensure the security of patient data and digital healthcare services for healthcare institutions.

The institute has proposed that cybersecurity will become an issue in the future. The healthcare staff needs more training to mitigate malpractices such as phishing and when IT governance and security technologies are not effectively implemented.

Mukhopadhyay said, “Our risk assessment and quantification models have helped us group 1,788 US healthcare firms on a ‘heat matrix’ that shows the likelihood of a cyberattack and its potential severity. This gives us a clear picture of how ready the firms are to tackle cyber threats. We also propose a plan to tackle the risks, which is customized according to the position of the firm in the matrix.”

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Features of IIM Lucknow Healthcare Cyber Risk Assessment Model

The model assists healthcare institutions' Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in determining the healthcare institution's vulnerability to cyberattacks. It also employs collective risk modeling to deal with the severity of cyberattacks and offers recommendations on how to prevent potential cyberattacks.

The cyber security division of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology funded the research, which was published in the Journal of Organisational Computing and Electronic Commerce. The paper was co-authored by Arunabha Mukhopadhyay, along with his research scholars, Swati Jain and Saloni Jain. 

The IIM Lucknow said that the increasing complexity and sensitivity of data in healthcare organizations have increased their susceptibility to cyberattacks, primarily as the healthcare sector's reliance on digital data has grown during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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