AXIOS October 26, 2023
The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to harden defenses around the U.S. health care infrastructure, releasing an updated cyber “toolkit” to help the sector better defend against hackers.
Why it matters: Health care is a high-value, target-rich industry facing increasing attacks, and the problem is increasingly being recognized as a threat to patient safety when providers are forced to divert or shut down care.
Driving the news: Top officials from the Health and Human Services Department and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said Wednesday they have been working to better coordinate and clarify industry guidance.
- They jointly released the toolkit that includes ways for the health sector to mitigate risk, such as vulnerability scanning, best practices,...
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Topics: Cybersecurity, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HHS, Provider, Technology