Cyber and information security strategy

The aim of the Danish strategy for cyber and information security in the healthcare sector is to build the healthcare sector's capability and capacity to predict, prevent, detect and manage cyber and information security incidents by means a number of initiatives.

Predict

Identification of critical processes and systems
Vulnerability and risk assessments
Coordination of warnings.

Prevent

Educating employees
Teaching healthcare students
Encryption of the health data network.

Detect

National standards for security architecture
Test of security in the healthcare sector
Central monitoring and analysis.

Manage

Emergency preparedness exercises
Incident management
Mitigating actions.

The strategy is developed on the basis of a political agreement between the Danish Ministry of Health, the interest organisation for the five regions in Denmark, Danish Regions, and the interest organisation of all the Danish municipalities, Local Government Denmark.