White House wants to set minimum cyber standards for hospitals, healthcare

Cybersecurity Dive December 11, 2023
David Jones

The sector has faced a wave of ransomware linked to the critical CitrixBleed vulnerability, which has led to major attacks from LockBit and other threat groups.

Dive Brief:

• The White House plans to work with the Department of Health and Human Services on a plan to develop minimum standards to protect the healthcare sector from ransomware and other malicious cyber activity, according to Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, said Thursday.
• The administration is working with HHS and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to raise minimum cybersecurity standards, said Neuberger, speaking at the Aspen Security Forum. It’s part of an ongoing effort by the White House to improve security across 16 critical infrastructure...

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