Becker's Healthcare March 8, 2023
Hospital and health system boards and executive steering committees are often briefed with “technobabble,” leaving cybersecurity in the hands of IT security teams, HHS said in a March 8 report.
The agency’s cybersecurity framework outlines how leaders can get more involved in preventing ransomware and other cyberattacks.
The monetary hit is indisputable: Healthcare has the highest breach cost of any industry, at an estimated $408 per record, the report found, with records containing medical, insurance, personal and financial information being sold on the dark web for up to $1,000 each.
Here are some tips from the HHS report:
Healthcare organizations must ask themselves these five questions:
- What assets need protection?
- What safeguards are available?
- What techniques can identify incidents? ...
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