Strategies that help raise awareness about cloud services in healthcare organizations
The security risks involved with cloud services and third-party suppliers can be tricky to explain to my colleagues or to management. Do you have resources that can help me simply explain the potential risks or even regulatory violations involved? Or can you suggest strategies that help raise awareness about cloud services in healthcare organizations?
Adopting cloud services and controlling the cybersecurity chain in healthcare organizations can be complicated. People often know or understand the risks that are associated with storing (medical) data in the cloud. Perhaps our pages on Policies and Regulations and Handbooks and Guidelines can help you out. It might also be helpful to translate complex topics like this into more engaging activities during training sessions. While this article on 8 Benefits and Risks of Cloud Computing in Healthcare on Solutions Review is US focused (e.g., HIPAA vs relevant EU regulations/GDPR), it explains the advantages and disadvantages quite well.