Cybersecurity and cyber resilience in the health sector

Protect sensitive data and essential applications against cyber threats.

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According to ENISA, the EU Agency for Cybersecurity, France is the European country most targeted by cyber attacks in the health sector. Between January 2021 and March 2023, almost 20% of health sector cybersecurity incidents in the EU affected French companies*. Theft or loss of data, paralysis of care process and risks to patient health, financial losses, legal, regulatory or reputational risks etc. Cyber threats are a significant challenge for health sector establishments. It is our duty to protect them. 

(*) Cybersecurity threat landscape for the health sector – July 2023 

Cybersecurity: indispensable in the health sector

In the face of the upsurge of cyber attacks in the health sector, cybersecurity can protect you against threats by preventing attacks from happening. But what are the aims? To protect digital assets and data but also to guarantee business continuity.

  • Confidentiality of data access 
  • Information integrity 
  • Data and resource availability  

Health sector companies are particularly vulnerable: 42% of incidents target hospitals*. Such cyber attacks have an impact on patient outcomes by causing delays or cancelled treatment or transfers. 

(*) Cybersecurity threat landscape for the health sector – July 2023 

As a French leader in digital trust and sovereignty, Docaposte places cybersecurity at the heart of our concerns. We support healthcare providers in responding to cyber threats to protect their activity and patients, and to ensure that sensitive data is protected.  

Weliom: cybersecurity consulting and support

Docaposte subsidiary and La Poste Santé & Autonomie member, Weliom identifies cyber risks and develops and implements your cyber strategy. The goal? To guarantee that your sensitive information is protected. 


  •  Anticipating cyber threats: EBIOS Risk Manager, crisis exercises using ANS kits, support for the CISO, etc. 
  • Regulatory compliance readiness: IT security policy, HDS and ISO27001 certification, NIS 2 directive, etc. 
  • Cyber crisis and/or security incident management, resilience, IT continuity and recovery plan, emergency response posters. 
  • Diagnostics/flash audits. 
  • Cyber strategy implementation. 

Training, awareness raising, support and assistance: Weliom supports you in securing your IT systems, educating your teams about cyber threats and reinforcing your organisation’s resilience. 

Docaposte’s Pack Cyber: a packaged solution for complete coverage, backed by expertise in the most advanced technologies

  • Easy to use, for immediate implementation  
  • Comprehensive and secure technical offering for total protection 
  • A solution tailored to your needs at a fair price. 

Cyber resilience can help you to reduce the impact of cybersecurity incidents or IT failure, guarantee care continuity and ensure quick recovery after an attack. 

The CKISA project

The CKISA project guarantees operational continuity for healthcare companies in the event of a cyber crisis by strengthening their resilience.

The CKISA (Cyber Kit Santé) project, led by GCS AMEITIC and developed by Docaposte and its healthcare subsidiaries, offers a failover solution in the event of a hospital information system shutdown, enabling: 

  • Rapid detection of an attack or a major outage 
  • Guarantee of an immediate response to maintain hospital activity in degraded mode. 
  • Swift restoration of systems  



 The CKISA project is based on an approach which combines human, organizational and technological elements, enabling both management of crisis response by the crisis unit and patient care activities by healthcare staff. 

Cybersecurity and cyber resilience: Docaposte, digital arm of La Poste Santé & Autonomie, brings the following expertise

Risk and compliance analysis

Operational security

Awareness raising and training

Security strategy and policies

CISO Support

Business continuity and cyber resilience

Impact and challenges of cyber attacks for healthcare establishments

In 2023 nearly 20%

cyber incidents in the EU health sector involved French institutions

42%

of incidents targeted hospitals

30%

of cyber attacks had a direct impact on patient care

63%

of attacks impacted data

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