Health Sector Statement of Support for Improving Cyber Safety to Protect Patient Safety

February 2024

The Undersigned Organizations Agree:

The United States Healthcare and Public Health (Health) Sector continues to face dramatic increases in cyber-attacks, causing disruption to patient safety, the care continuum and the operation of supporting network-connected products and services;
Cyber preparedness and resiliency of the Health Sector depend on a collective defense involving all Health subsectors and supporting infrastructure in the interconnected and interdependent ecosystem;
Progress has been made in awareness and implementation of Health Sector guidance for cybersecurity risk management, but efforts must be accelerated in an All-of-Sector, national collective strategy; and
The Health Sector Coordinating Council Joint Cybersecurity Working Group has developed a Five-Year Health Industry Cybersecurity Strategic Plan (HIC-SP) that presents a wellness plan for lifting Health Sector cybersecurity from “critical condition” to “stable condition” by 2029.

The undersigned therefore embrace the principles of the Health Industry Cybersecurity Strategic Plan to enhance our shared preparedness and resiliency on the imperative that “Cyber Safety is Patient Safety”