Fierce Healthcare January 24, 2024
The Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) has published voluntary cybersecurity performance goals tailored for healthcare organizations, the first move in the administration’s strategic plan to enhance industrywide cybersecurity.
The goals (PDF), released through HHS’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, are hosted on a new gateway website that the department has launched to centralize the cybersecurity resources it and other government groups have on offer.
They are broken into two categories, “Essential Goals” and “Enhanced Goals,” that each reflect cybersecurity frameworks, best practices and strategies that have been developed by the healthcare industry, the department said.
Additionally, they address several of the common attack vectors against U.S. hospitals that HHS spotted when putting together the 2023 Hospital Cyber...