Health IT Security August 15, 2022
In a letter to HHS Secretary Becerra, Senator Angus King and Representative Mike Gallagher urged HHS to disclose the current status of healthcare cybersecurity efforts.
US Senator Angus King (I-ME) and Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), both co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), wrote a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra asking about the current status of HHS’ healthcare cybersecurity efforts.
King and Gallagher, who also authored the Sector Risk Management Agency (SRMA) legislation, urged HHS and the Biden administration to bolster cybersecurity efforts and called on HHS to hold an urgent briefing on the administration’s current cybersecurity posture and plans for improvement.
“Ransomware attacks on the HPH sector have skyrocketed in the past two years as opportunistic criminals...