Improving cybersecurity competence in healthcare

Year of publication

2025

Authors

Blek, Tiina; Mäkelä, Jaana; Niskakangas, Johanna

Abstract

The study evaluated the impact of a three-credit online cybersecurity training program on healthcare professionals in Finland. Results showed significant improvements in understanding cybersecurity concepts, GDPR knowledge, and handling ransomware and DDoS attacks. Targeted training effectively.

Organizations and authors

JAMK University of Applied Sciences

Mäkelä Jaana

Niskakangas Johanna

Blek Tiina

Publication type

Publication format

Article

Parent publication type

Conference

Article type

Audience

Scientific

Peer-reviewed

Peer-Reviewed

MINEDU's publication type classification code

A4 Article in conference proceedings

Publication channel information

Pages

27-30

ISBN

978-961-6888-71-4

Publication forum

83743

Publication forum level

Open access

Open access in the publisher’s service

Yes

Open access of publication channel

Fully open publication channel

Self-archived

Yes

Other information

Fields of science

Health care science

Keywords

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Publication country

Slovenia

Internationality of the publisher

International

Language

English

International co-publication

Co-publication with a company

The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection

Yes