TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of cybersecurity awareness among healthcare professionals. A cross sectional study
AU - Moothedath, Muhamood
AU - Abalkhail, Adil
AU - Muhamood, Muhaseena
AU - Ramaiah, Vardharajula Venkata
AU - Mulla, Munaz
AU - Mulla, Mushir
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Journal of Education and Health Promotion.
PY - 2025/9/1
Y1 - 2025/9/1
N2 - Cybersecurity is a major concern in managing hospital data concerning patients, and its knowledge is requisite for all healthcare professionals. The aim of this study was to assess the awareness regarding cybersecurity amongst healthcare professionals in India. This cross‑sectional survey study was conducted upon healthcare professionals.The questionnaire items were based on recommendations by the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security and the US Department of Health and Human Services. The survey forms were distributed through electronic mail. Institutional ethical committee clearance was obtained before beginning this study. Two hundred healthcare persons were randomly selected, and consent forms were taken. A total of 195 fully filled survey forms alongside consent forms were obtained.The inclusion criteria were a) healthcare professionals, b) those with access to computers for the acquisition/entry of data, and c) hospitals thatemployed software for the entry of data.The exclusion criteria of the study were a) anyone who was not in healthcare b) those with no accessibility to computers for the entry of data and c) those who did not consent for participating in the study. Statistical analysis: SPSS software tool was used for analyzing collected data. Results for independent questions were analyzed in form of percentage distribution for observational data.Low knowledge and awareness werefound among healthcare professionals with nursing and physiotherapy professionals have least awareness regarding cybersecurity requirement for storage and data protection in hospital set‑ups.
AB - Cybersecurity is a major concern in managing hospital data concerning patients, and its knowledge is requisite for all healthcare professionals. The aim of this study was to assess the awareness regarding cybersecurity amongst healthcare professionals in India. This cross‑sectional survey study was conducted upon healthcare professionals.The questionnaire items were based on recommendations by the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security and the US Department of Health and Human Services. The survey forms were distributed through electronic mail. Institutional ethical committee clearance was obtained before beginning this study. Two hundred healthcare persons were randomly selected, and consent forms were taken. A total of 195 fully filled survey forms alongside consent forms were obtained.The inclusion criteria were a) healthcare professionals, b) those with access to computers for the acquisition/entry of data, and c) hospitals thatemployed software for the entry of data.The exclusion criteria of the study were a) anyone who was not in healthcare b) those with no accessibility to computers for the entry of data and c) those who did not consent for participating in the study. Statistical analysis: SPSS software tool was used for analyzing collected data. Results for independent questions were analyzed in form of percentage distribution for observational data.Low knowledge and awareness werefound among healthcare professionals with nursing and physiotherapy professionals have least awareness regarding cybersecurity requirement for storage and data protection in hospital set‑ups.
KW - Computer hackers
KW - cybersecurity
KW - data security
KW - information protection
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105017453075
U2 - 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1835_24
DO - 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1835_24
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105017453075
SN - 2277-9531
VL - 14
JO - Journal of Education and Health Promotion
JF - Journal of Education and Health Promotion
IS - 1
M1 - 395
ER -
