Lexology July 17, 2024
Shortly after our prior blog post discussing the need for healthcare entities to shore up protections against phishing attacks, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) to alert members of the healthcare industry of indicators of compromise and tactics, techniques, and procedures used in phishing social engineering campaigns. This recent guidance underscores that phishing attacks have the attention of the FBI and HHS, and that health systems should proactively update their policies, procedures, and security to remain compliant with industry standards.
The Joint Advisory
While healthcare organizations may not have been among the very first cyberthreat targets, as repositories of uniquely sensitive information and data, they...