HHS Press Office December 29, 2020
Greg Singleton, HC3 Director and Sana Saleh, Chief of the Cross-Functional Planning & Coordination, CISA

Summary:
Cybersecurity is essential for effectively securing data needed to treat patients and maintain their access to critical health services.

Did you know that Americans’ private health data is estimated to be worth up to 20 times the value of financial data on the Dark Web?1 This makes the Health and Public Health (HPH) Sector a primary target for cybercriminals. When an HPH Sector entity is affected by a cyber event, the public may lose its ability to engage with or receive health services, putting lives at risk. The COVID-19 pandemic has raised the stakes, increasing cyber risk in the HPH Sector in proportion the increased pace of activity amid widespread transition to remote work environments.

The HPH Sector has been...

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Topics: Cybersecurity, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, Healthcare System, HHS, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology
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