Objectives and Purpose

The general objective of this project is to increase the level of cybersecurity and harmonization with the legislation of the European Union, i.e. harmonization with the National Cyber ​​Security Strategy of the Republic of Croatia.
On the basis of Article 39 of the Law on the State Administration System (OJ No. 150/11, 12/13 – Decision of the Croatian Constitutional Court, 93/16 and 104/16) in connection with Article 6 and 7 of the Law on Cyber Security Operators of Essential Services and Digital Service Providers (OJ No. 64/18), the Minister of Health issued a decision designating the Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka as the operator of essential services in the health sector for tertiary health care. The decision was taken on October 24th 2018 and based on it Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka has to establish and document the key systems’ security management policy.

One of the main benefits that the project will bring to the Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka is the increase of technical, professional and organizational competencies. The technical improvements relate to increasing the security of server rooms and adjusting to the latest standards during the building reconstruction of server rooms, then to upgrade the network infrastructure and purchase the necessary IT equipment. The professional improvements relate to the technical training of IT and other internal staff and the acquisition of certain certificates in the field of cybersecurity. Improvements in the organizational capabilities relate to the adoption of new policies and procedures in dealing with various situations related to cybersecurity.

The sustainability of the project is associated with one of main results of the project, that is with the development of training and counseling processes that in the future could be used to train other providers of health services in Croatia or in partner countries.