Health-ISAC Monthly Newsletter – August 2026

August Newsletter Features:

• European Summit: Agenda, Accommodations, Excursion, and Justification Letter
• Americas Hobby Exercise: Photos
• Board Election Nominations: Dates and Qualifications
• Thought Leadership:
  – Health-ISAC’s Inaugural CISO Benchmarking Report
  – Health-ISAC Health Sector Heartbeat Q2 Report
  – ReliaQuest Health Care & Social Assistance Threat Landscape Report
  – Semperis The State of Enterprise Cyber Crisis Readiness Report
  – Booz Allen Monthly Incident Response Insights
• Current Health-ISAC Working Group products are in process by the Information Protection, AI, and Provider working groups
• Def Con Health-ISAC Session and Member Meetup

• Related Resources & News
• Threat Actor Playbook: Conversational Social Engineering in Care Settings
• The Human Risk Layer of AI
• Cybersecurity in the Lab
• Operation Vital Signs: First-of-its-kind exercise stress tests health sector cyber resilience
• What’s in America’s Code?
• Introducing AI Agents to Your Identity Fabric
• Cyberattacks on Healthcare Sector Jumped 14% in First Half of 2026
• What do cybersecurity leaders want in staff? These 3 skills beat certifications and experience
• Continuous attack surface monitoring and sophisticated social engineering assessment
• Hospital Networks are Becoming Targets in Cyberwarfare, and They’re Unequipped to Deal With It