Uzima University and MSc. in Information Technology Security & Audit, Kenya
Special Issue Article
The Embryonic COVID-19 Themed Cyber threats, a Looming Tragedy to already Vulnerable Global Electronic Healthcare Systems (GEHCS)!
Author(s): Fredrick Ochieng Omogah*
COVID-19 which is also referred to as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome SARS-COV2 is very different from its counterpart SARS-COV1 which came but dissipated spontaneously between the years 2016/17.Consequently, its vaccine was never worked on. Meanwhile COVID-19 is “a game changer” compared to COV I because it is instigating massive health havocs and deaths causing fear, confusion and quagmire of stagnation even to the global super power economies with highly developed healthcare systems e.g. Italy, USA and Spain among others. As a result, on the 11th of March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new Corona Virus disease COVID-19 outbreak; a world’s pandemic during this world’s pandemic, healthcare industry as a critical sector is rapidly becoming a target for exploitation by cyber attackers. Usually health facilities are extremely very sensit.. View More»