The Health Informatics Society of Australia's (HISA) cybersecurity community of practice group is holding its second survey of the current state of cybersecurity across the Australian healthcare sector.

The results will be compared to the 2017 survey which found that organisations that took cybersecurity seriously were more likely to ensure that they had a dedicated budget, a senior security leader, staff for managing cybersecurity, and a formal business plan in place.

However, it also found that 22 per cent of healthcare organisations continued to use end-of-life systems without vendor support, raising the risk of data breaches.