My current major is Psychology. Psychology can encompass many different areas and they all require some level of trust from the doctor, patient, and the technology being used. For instance, being a psychologist or psychiatrist, holding therapy sessions or maintaining online records requires some sort of documentation. In today’s day and age, a majority of medical records are being transferred online. Hard/physical copies come with its own concerns of keeping personal history and data private, just as digital copies do. Having digital copies would require another level of security to ensure the likelihood of being breached stays minimal. The patient is trusting in their doctor that they are able to keep their information private. Later down the road, I do have hopes in getting my Masters in Criminal Psychology, eventually do profiling. Just as cybersecurity protection programs would be good for a clinical setting, they will be crucial in the criminology aspect of things. It will be important to have data stored on these people in a secure place. It would be an issue if this information got leaked or hacked.
Another instance, especially with a pandemic occurring, many appointments or sessions are happening virtually. What happens if the line isn’t secure and someone is able to tap a camera or chat to spy on the appointment? Therapy sessions often contain very personally information, all HIPAA. If these appointments are not kept private, it is a violation. It is important for these companies to have a stable and secure connections to keep information private. Any practice/company can relate to needing some type of cybersecurity program. It is key for them to sit down to map it out and plan for what will be needed and what areas may need tighter security or more layers to it. I would imagine with the medical or personal information, it would be that much more important to keep private information private since we are dealing with lives of other humans.