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Colisée and Cyber Guru: alliance to keep health data safe

Overview

Colisée Italia, a branch of the French multinational Colisée, is now a leading player in the elderly care sector in Europe with over 32,000 beds in France, Spain, Belgium, China, and Italy Colisée Italia currently has 17 facilities mainly located in the Center-North (Lombardy, Piedmont, Liguria, and Tuscany) that offer a complete and complementary range of services.

The challenge

Given the importance and sensitivity of the health information handled, Colisée has decided to address the cyber risk with a multidisciplinary approach aimed at securing the perimeter through meetings with facility directors, strengthening the technological security barrier, and targeted training on Cyber Security Awareness.

The solution

Cyber Guru‘s training method, with its short and engaging modules, played a key role in the staff’s interest and commitment to cybersecurity. Gamification has also helped to make the training path fun and stimulating, bringing tangible results that have highlighted a greater awareness and readiness of the entire team.

With Cyber Guru, health data is safe.

When dealing with the Health Data Management, particular attention must be paid to the issue of cybersecurity. Colisée Italia, a branch of the French multinational Colisée, is well aware of this, a key player in the elderly care sector in Europe. The Group, which is committed to a vision of elderly care based on listening and respect for everyone, encourages a person-centered approach to provide a response to the challenge of aging in all its complexity. In Colisée there is a comfortable environment, designed to take care of its guests’ also thanks to the presence of specialized medical and nursing staff prepared to intervene in any eventuality.

“I joined the group in October 2021,” says Fabrizio Alampi, IT manager at Colisée Italia. “As a first step, I had the facility directors undergo a phishing test: the result was that about half of them fell into the trap and clicked on the malicious link. I then realized that it would be necessary to coordinate a multidisciplinary approach to address the threat, and in a short time, I secured the perimeter through meetings with the facility directors, strengthening the technological security barrier, and choosing Cyber Guru as a partner for light, effective, and targeted training.”.

The Colisée Italia Group has chosen Cyber Guru as its reference platform.

According to Alampi, Cyber Guru‘s training method played a key role in the staff’s interest and commitment to cybersecurity, offering short and engaging modules. The IT manager knows well that in a company, despite having an excellent technological security barrier and having activated cyber insurance, the human factor remains the most delicate element to manage.

“The attack methodology by a hacker is very different depending on the target. For those like us who manage health data, the consequences of an attack can be very serious, both in terms of personal security perception, image and reputation damage, and economic impact – concludes Alampi. – I can say that Cyber Guru has completely bridged the gap between the user and the machine, which puts us in a condition of greater tranquility and allows us to dedicate ourselves with more attention and energy to our work and our mission”.

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