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ICT risk management in public hospitals

Abstract:

This document presents the risk analysis carried out in a public hospital in Ecuador, which, being an institution linked to the State, handles highly sensitive and confidential information. Taking into account all this, an analysis and identification of the risks to which the Basic Hospital of Catacocha is exposed, through its Department of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), was carried out, in order to identify the vulnerabilities that can threaten the security of information, and develop a comparison that yields the result of the risks that can be evaluated, thus achieving the management plan to mitigate the risks, obtain conclusions and recommendations that must be implemented in the institutions, thus fulfilling the fundamental pillars of information security.