COVID-19 Incident Response Teams

DIGITPOL offers free cyber services to hospitals battling COVID-19 - Incident Response Teams

Digitpol, the global cyber security firm has offered to provide cyber security services to hospitals battling Covid19 at no cost, Digitpol acts in response to increased attacks targeting the healthcare sector. Digitpol said cyber security incident response support is now available free of charge to hospitals if an incident occurs.

The COVID-19 Incident Response Teams provided include a rapid cyber security assessment, rapid remote deployment of incident response tools, penetration tests, digital forensics on compromised devices and containment and remediation of the attack.

Cyber criminals and malicious actors are launching large scale cyber-attacks against the health sector and front-line business, the cyber-attacks are focused on security vulnerabilities. The fact that hospitals are already under pressure due to the coronavirus, hospitals across the globe need help to respond to cyber related crimes, cyber threats rapidly. The work of global hospitals is vital and its our commitment to assist with our knowledge and tools, so we can contribute towards the health sector as they carry out important work in the fight against COVID-19.

Criminal gangs are exploiting the corona virus to commit cyber related crimes. During this period, Digitpol has appointed an incident response team to provide rapid response to the health sector, hospitals and front-line business that are affected by a cyber-attack, data breach, malware or other forms of cyber-attacks.

“If your organisation has suffered a cyber-attack, contact Digitpol for assistance”

Due to the coronavirus, people are working from home on personal devices and issued laptops, the key security risk is the lack of cyber security systems in personal environments. Critical issues such as unsecured Wi-Fi, LAN and additional devices on the same network with weaker security all pose a risk when staff operate commercial or enterprise applications from their homes. Digitpol has secured many networks, provided secured Wi-Fi routers, VPN and secured WIFI / home internet environments.