If there's one thing CISOs and CIOs can count on, it's that more cybersecurity challenges are always on the horizon.
Tiffany Gallagher, partner and health industry leader in PricewaterhouseCooper's Cyber, Risk and Regulatory practice, and Prakash Venkata, partner and principal, are experts in increasing regulatory oversight and providing access to systems and data. It talks about an increase in the number of homes, a loose cloud environment, and large-scale transactions. These activities increase the challenges that hospital and health system security leaders must address.
This week on HIMSSCast, Gallagher and Venkata offer listeners expert advice on how to tackle these challenges.
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Talking points:
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The healthcare industry is facing increased regulatory scrutiny, and federal and state regulators are proposing new cybersecurity requirements, goals, and guidelines to strengthen the industry's resiliency.
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Increased access for internal, contractor, and external parties is complex and requires organizations to adopt modern identity technologies to address the issue.
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Many provider organizations allow their development teams to create cloud environments without an appropriate level of control.
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Significant trading activities are driving the need for better IT and security integration planning and execution to effectively address cyber risks.
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Other challenges include third-party risk management and medical devices.
Details about this episode:
Johns Hopkins University CISO: Don't overlook the importance of underlying infrastructure
CISA proposed rule would require reporting on cyber incidents and ransom payments
CMS clarifies HIPAA-compliant rules for sending patient data via text message
HHS presents cyber performance goals to health systems
AHA rejects HHS proposal to penalize hospitals for cyberattacks
CISA, HHS, and HSCC release medical cybersecurity toolkit
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