Healthcare Governance Body Warns Hospitals Face Debilitating Cyberattacks

Health-ISAC Chief Security Officer Errol Weiss, quoted the Wall Street Journal
Government initiatives and nonprofits that work on healthcare security and safety are stepping up efforts to help hospitals with guidance and grants, said Errol Weiss, chief security officer at the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center, which facilitates the exchange of threat intelligence among members.
“There’s certainly a lot of attention [being paid] with the small rural hospitals and the needs they have when it comes to more resources around cybersecurity,” Weiss said.
Read the full article by Catherine Stuppe in the WSJ here:
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