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Senator: HHS Needs to Require Security Measures for Health Sector
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, who late last month asked federal agencies to investigate flaws in UnitedHealth Group’s cybersecurity measures that led to the massive ransomware attack that disrupted hundreds of hospital and ...
Cybersecurity Automation in Healthcare Program Launched by HHS Agency
The UPGRADE program seeks to enhance and automate cybersecurity for healthcare facilities, focused on protecting operations and ensuring continuity of patient care ...
HHS Strengthens Privacy of Reproductive Health Care Data
The new directive prohibits data disclosure when law enforcement agencies want to investigate people, healthcare providers, or others seeking reproductive care that is lawful where the care is given ...
HHS to Investigate Change’s Security in Wake of Crippling Cyberattack
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is opening an investigation into UnitedHealth and its Change Healthcare subsidiary following a ransomware attack that for three weeks has essentially shut down ...
CISA and HHS Cybersecurity Healthcare Toolkit for HPH Sectors
CISA and HHS joined forces to discuss the cybersecurity challenges faced by the U.S. healthcare and public health (HPH) sector. This discussion aims to address these challenges and explore how government and ...
U.S. Health Care Under Attack
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS), have issued a cybersecurity advisory to the U.S ...
Safeguarding Our Health Information in a Global Pandemic
HHS Can Use Cloud Web Isolation to Stop Cybersecurity Threats without Impacting Productivity. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
Texas HHS Commission Penalized $1.6M for HIPAA Violations
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TX HHS) must pay a civil penalty of $1.6 million for having violated HIPAA. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of ...
Study: Ransomware, Data Breaches at Hospitals tied to Uptick in Fatal Heart Attacks
Hospitals that have been hit by a data breach or ransomware attack can expect to see an increase in the death rate among heart patients in the following months or years because ...
