American Hospital Association January 30, 2024
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency recently required federal agencies to take emergency action to protect against actively exploited vulnerabilities in the Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure remote access gateways.
In addition, CISA, the FBI and Environmental Protection Agency recently published a best practices guide for water and wastewater system incident response.
“These alerts primarily address the government and water and waste water sectors,” said John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk. “However, they identify cyber vulnerabilities and defensive measures that have relevance for the health care sector. Although the CISA emergency directive does not apply to private sector organizations, it would be prudent for hospitals and health...