Far from theory, related attacks have already had more than disruptive consequences, even contributing to the death of a patient due to delayed blood test results during an NHS ransomware attack in the UK in 2017.
To prepare healthcare organisations against amplifying cyber threats, the MIT Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS) forum, in collaboration with Dutch national security and healthcare agency Zorg Computer Emergency Response Team (Z-CERT) and the European cyber and healthcare platform EU-Health Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (ISAC), developed a strategic digital twin.
Digital twins help mirror real-world hospital ecosystems by linking patient flows with enterprise architecture, staffing patterns and financial performance.
The visualisation of threats through dashboards can help leaders make informed decisions that least affect patients, systems and healthcare operations.
Digital twins help healthcare leaders and cybersecurity teams to develop cyber strategies by simulating various attack scenarios, which can be used to separate the most effective strategies from counterproductive ones
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