Cybersecurity and mental health - why data matters

Technology Now

In this episode we are looking at a topic which we could spend a whole lot longer than one episode on, so we’re going to make it a two-parter - cybersecurity and mental health.

We’ll be looking at two aspects in particular - why our health data is particularly vulnerable and of interest to criminals, and how our mental health state affects our ability to be able to make good cybersecurity decisions.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing the first part of the equation with Catherine Knibbs, a Psychotherapist and specialist in online harms.

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About this week's guest, Catherine Knibbs: https://www.childrenandtech.co.uk/

Sources and statistics cited in this episode:

Mental health data more valuable than credit card data on the dark web: https://kevincurran.org/security/patient-data-10-15-times-more-valuable-than-credit-card-data/

Statistics on compromised health records: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36580326/

Cybersecurity: a critical priority for digital mental health, published in the journal Frontiers in Digital Health: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1242264/full#B3

Neanderthal and human social mixing: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-70206-y