• HIPAA data breaches in 2023 nearly doubled to 725 since 2018.
• Ransomware Hit 141 Hospitals in 2023 – the average ransom was $1.5M per institution.

The Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group (CWG) is an industry-led council of more than 400 healthcare organizations advising the government and health sector on how to protect against and recover from cyber threats to health data and research, systems, manufacturing and patient care. The CWG membership collaboratively develops and publishes freely-available healthcare cybersecurity best practices and policy recommendations, and produces outreach and communications programs emphasizing the imperative that Cyber Safety is Patient Safety.

Photo: 2023 Semi-annual Membership Meeting — Salt Lake City.

• Identify healthcare industry trends over the next five years.
• Assess associated cybersecurity challenges
• Recommend cybersecurity strategy to upgrade from “Critical Condition” to “Stable Condition” in 2029; and
• All hands on deck – health providers, medtech and health IT, pharmaceutical, health plans and payers, and government: implement and facilitate achievement of the strategy.