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A focus on cyber resilience is essential for mitigating the risk of healthcare supply chain attacks, which have the potential to cause widespread disruptions.

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Healthcare supply chain attacks have the potential to disrupt care and operations across the healthcare system through just one successful infiltration. The single points of failure that exist across the sector make the risk of supply chain attacks even greater.

“The bad guys have figured out that if they can hit this small supplier who’s a single-source supplier in a particular region, they could cause a lot of impact to the healthcare sector more broadly and maximize their payoffs downstream,” said Errol Weiss, chief security officer of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC).”It’s definitely different from what we were seeing before.”

Experts on Potential Data Security and HIPAA Privacy Changes in Trump’s Second Term

With Donald J. Trump set to return to the White House in January to serve another four-year term as U.S. president, what might the healthcare sector expect to see when it comes to his next administration’s cybersecurity priorities and HIPAA regulations and enforcement?

Excerpt from the November 6th article in BankInfo Security

“Any cybersecurity mandates for hospitals need to be accompanied by funding to support those programs,” said Errol Weiss, chief security officer of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center.

“Historically, hospitals have been underfunded in cybersecurity, leaving organizations without the technology, and more importantly, the experienced cybersecurity people to properly protect those networks,” he said.

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The healthcare sector is under siege.

In recent months, an alarming wave of cyber-attacks has laid bare critical weaknesses within the healthcare supply chain.

Russian ransomware gangs, known for their sophisticated and relentless tactics, have targeted key healthcare suppliers such as Synnovis, OctaPharma and OneBlood, disrupting essential services and jeopardizing patient care on a global scale.

As these threats escalate, healthcare organizations must reassess their cybersecurity strategies and take steps to include mission-critical suppliers in their risk management plans. Failure to do so could leave them vulnerable to severe disruptions, compromising the integrity of their operations – and leaving them unable to deliver life-saving patient care. 

Health-ISAC chief security officer Errol Weiss outlines the similarity of recent attacks targeting the healthcare supply chain, explains why collaboration and information sharing in sorely needed within the global health sector, and offers steps to bolster supply chain resiliency.

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At least 389 U.S. healthcare institutions were hit by ransomware attacks this fiscal year

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Why the healthcare industry is so vulnerable

Errol Weiss is the chief security officer of the Health-ISAC, the industry’s information sharing and analysis center. The group provides healthcare organizations with the tools to share information on cyber threats. Weiss describers it as “virtual neighborhood watch program.”

Weiss has worked in cybersecurity for over 25 years. He said that one reason health care is particularly susceptible dates back to the 1990’s when the industry first started to shift to using electronic records.

“I think the focus in those organizations at the time, as they were investing in all of these electronic health record systems and moving all the data over to those platforms, on being compliant with the HIPAA regulation and ensuring those healthcare records were were kept private, but not necessarily secure and not investing in security,” said Weiss.

Since then, the industry hasn’t invested sufficiently in cybersecurity leading to under resourced teams.

Episode 7 • 14th October 2024 • This Week Health: Conference • This Week Health

Listen to This Week Health episode here: https://thisweekhealth.com/captivate-podcast/unhack-the-podcast-generating-cyber-resilience-through-collaboration-with-errol-weiss/

October 14, 2024: In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Errol Weiss, CSO of Health-ISAC, shares insights into the challenges and importance of information sharing within the cybersecurity landscape. Why do many organizations hesitate despite the clear benefits? Errol and Drex DeFord discuss overcoming barriers like leadership resistance and legal concerns, as well as practical steps for getting started. They highlight free, industry-wide resources created by HISAC that any organization can leverage to improve its cybersecurity posture.