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Code Dark: Children’s Hospital Strives to Minimize Impact of Hacks

At Children’s National Hospital, code dark means a scramble to unplug or turn off internet-connected devices as soon as possible

 

Read the full article in the Wall Street Journal:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/code-dark-childrens-hospital-strives-to-minimize-impact-of-hacks-11659519000

Health-ISAC mention:

Cybersecurity should be considered a critical risk for all medical facilities, said Phil Englert, director of medical device security at the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a nonprofit that coordinates security among healthcare organizations. Hospitals should also develop comprehensive plans for dealing with individual medical devices, as their proliferation gives hackers more places to break into networks, he said.

In the same way that staff learn how to operate medical technology correctly, Mr. Englert said, they must also learn about how to operate it safely when it comes to cybersecurity. Both are now essential to patient care, he said.

By James Rundle

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