A Cybersecurity and Health IT non-profit initiative. Bringing Awareness to Cyberattacks, the State of Cybersecurity/IT in the Healthcare Sector, as well as educating on both healthcare and cybersecurity
Shield the Patients is a student-led non-profit youth organization, with the focus to mainly spread awareness and contribute to the vulnerable state of cybersecurity among various components comprising throughout the healthcare sector, as well as provide awareness towards cyberthreats and being safe online. Shield the Patients also focuses on individual and general aspects of cybersecurity, health IT/cybersecurity, and healthcare (providing free resources for all)!
Healthcare Cybersecurity and Health IT are relatively new fields that don't get enough attention, even after how critical the scenes were after the pandemic. Shield the patients additionally pushes to get more individuals involved and participating in these fields, your interest and involvement could go a long way!
HOW WE EDUCATE AND SPREAD AWARENESS:
Webinars/virtual meetings and events are great ways to provide education and spread awareness directly and allows those with interest to get involved. Participate in activities and fun through these webinars and evets as well. Dates, Times, and details about events or webinars will be posted on the "Shield The Patients" website, as well as other relevant social medias.
Interviews or lectures with professionals is a great way to delve into how the workspace is like for students, as well as provide primary information/knowledge from someone who has experience. Interviews on various relevant topics will be consistently posted, or live-streamed, on both "Shield The Patients" website, the "Shield The Patients" YouTube channel, as well as other relevant social medias.
Our main form of spreading awareness and educating people is through visuals, infographics, as well as research articles. They will be consistently put out, on both the "Shield The Patients" website, as well as relevant social media platforms.
Shield the Patients puts a huge emphasis on events and meetings to give interested persons a chance to participate! See if there are any upcoming events below! Additionally, events are also listed in the dedicated events tab.
Currently there is 1 event, Live Interview with Cybersecurity Professional, Location: Zoom and posted to social medias. DATE AND TIME TBD