The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance on cybersecurity for healthcare organizations. The guidance, a booklet titled Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients is focused on raising awareness and providing suggestions on mitigating threats to patient information in the healthcare field.
The goal of the guidance is to increase awareness, provide practices, and move towards consistency within the health care sector in mitigating the most impactful cybersecurity threats. The document address five threats:
The following ten practices are suggested to mitigate threats:
A copy of the guidance may be accessed by clicking here.