Press & Releases

This 8-part video training series totaling 47 minutes explains in non-technical language what clinicians and students in the medical profession need to understand about how cyber attacks can affect clinical operations and patient safety, and how to help keep healthcare data, systems and patients safe from cyber threats.

“The State of Supply Chain Risk in Healthcare” research report, where Dr. Larry Ponemon (Ponemon Institute) and Ed Gaudet (Censinet & Supply Chain TG Co-Lead) discussed the research and findings.

Health Sector Coordinating Council’s Executive Director Greg Garcia, on behalf of the HSCC Cybersecurity Working Group, gave testimony to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Thursday March 16th, 10am EDT, on the topic: “In Need of a Checkup: Examining the Cybersecurity Risks to the Healthcare Sector.”

Today, the Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly released a guide to help the public and private healthcare sectors align their cybersecurity programs with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). The Cybersecurity Framework Implementation Guide provides specific steps that health care organizations can take immediately to manage cyber risks to their information technology systems and reduce the number of cyber incidents affecting the sector.  Recent high-profile cyberattacks reinforce the need for health providers and organizations to assess their cyber health and take actions to improve cybersecurity.

A comprehensive guide to address the management of cyber risk caused by legacy technologies used in healthcare environments. It recommends cybersecurity strategies that both manufacturers and health providers can implement for legacy medical technology as a shared responsibility in the clinical environment and provides insights for designing future devices that are more secure. A brief summary is found here and click here for a Quick Reference Guide. Also, HealthCareInfoSecurity Webinar on HSCC Guide for “Managing Legacy Technology Security“.

Today the Health Sector Coordinating Council published a new HSCC CWG white paper titled: “Health Industry Cybersecurity-Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning (HIC-AIM)” – an overview and discussion of 9 specific cybersecurity considerations for the implementation of A.I. in a clinical and enterprise environment.

 

Washington, DC – January 10, 2023 – A new survey shows that more than 400 healthcare organizations face critical challenges in managing supply chain cyber risk across the healthcare industry and significant opportunities to adopt foundational supply chain risk management practices. “The State of Supply Chain Risk in Healthcare” research report, which was conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of the Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group, found that significant capability and budget gaps between large and small enterprises remain, and that organizations of all sizes still struggle with the basics, such as visibility into supplier inventory, linking supply chain risk to patient impact, and integrating enterprise supply chain management with procurement and contracting functions.

Regardless of size, structure, or budget, providers can leverage free or low-cost industry resources to improve healthcare cybersecurity.

Congratulations to the many HSCC CWG Task Group Leads for their participation in our series of healthcare cybersecurity podcasts produced in partnership with Outcomes Rocket and its host Saul Marquez, for winning the Power Press Podcast Award.

The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) and the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group appreciate the opportunity to submit comments related to the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA).