Practical Steps to Mitigate Cybersecurity Attacks on Radiation Oncology Practices

Abstract

Radiation oncology, as a technologically intensive discipline that requires communication between multiple and diverse computer systems, is vulnerable to cyberattack. Given the enormous amount of the loss of time, energy, and money that results from a cyberattack, it behooves radiation oncologists and their teams to minimize cybersecurity threats to their practices. In this article, we present practical steps that radiation oncologists can take to prevent, prepare for, and respond to a cyberattack.