IT Security in Healthcare: MITS5004 Paper Review Report

This report provides a comprehensive review of the paper "Security for Mobile and Cloud Frontiers in Healthcare" by Kotz, Fu, Gunter, and Rubin. The assignment, part of the MITS5004 IT Security course, explores the critical role of IT security in the healthcare sector. The paper highlights the advantages of IT in healthcare, such as improved patient care and reduced costs, while also addressing significant security challenges including authentication issues, hacking, cybersecurity vulnerabilities in medical devices, malware attacks, and trust concerns. The methodology employed is secondary research, drawing on existing data. The review outlines procedures for ensuring IT security, emphasizing the roles of developers and designers, the need for new policies, and regular IT system audits. The findings emphasize the potential of IT to enhance healthcare, but also highlight the risks of security breaches, which can compromise patient privacy and even endanger lives. The paper's approach involves discussing the benefits, identifying key security issues, and proposing strategies for mitigation. The report concludes that addressing these security challenges is essential to realize the full benefits of IT in healthcare, and stresses the importance of ongoing research and development in this area.