Mobile Technology in Healthcare Environment: Security Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures
It addresses security challenges for healthcare organizations adopting mobile devices, but is incremental in applying existing security analysis to a specific domain.
The paper examines security vulnerabilities in mobile technology adoption in healthcare, using Epic Rover as a test case, and provides countermeasures to mitigate risks while ensuring compliance.
Mobile devices and technologies offer a tremendous amount of benefits to users, although it is also understood that it introduces a set of challenges when it comes to security, compliance, and risks. More and more healthcare organizations have been seeking to update their outdated technology, and have considered the adoption of mobile devices to meet these needs. However, introducing mobile devices and technology also introduces new risks and threats to the organization. As a test case, we examine Epic Rover, a mobile application that has been identified as a viable solution to manage the electronic medical system. In this paper, we study the insights that the security team needs to investigate, before the adoption of this mobile technology, as well as provide a thorough examination of the vulnerabilities and threats that the use of mobile devices in the healthcare environment brings, and introduce countermeasures and mitigations to reduce the risk while maintaining regulatory compliance.