Cybersecurity for eHealth

Glossary of Definitions

Access Authentication:

An access control measure that requires authorized entities to confirm or verify their person and identity by providing certain information (that is usually confidential or unique), prior to gaining access to a system or network.

Access Control:

These are measures that are put in place to restrict entry and engagement with a system or network to only such entities that are authorized.

Anonymization:

The practice of removing all personally identifiable information from a body of data, such that it becomes impossible to identify the original data subject(s) by any means at all.

Anti-malware:

A device or application that provides protection against various malware.

Bot:

A software program, device, or system ...