Experts: New Mandates Could Be Difficult, Costly for Many Entities
A proposed overhaul of federal cybersecurity regulations for the healthcare industry could mean difficult and expensive heavy lifting for many organizations, said experts.
“The costs to fulfill these provisions will be enormous,” said Errol Weiss, chief security officer of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center. “Where is the money coming from to pay for all this? It can’t be from future savings from avoided breach penalties. Financially strained healthcare providers, especially small rural hospitals, don’t have the resources to support these new proposals,” he said.
Any regulatory requirements like this will need to come with funding assistance so that healthcare providers can acquire the proper technology and, more importantly, recruit and retain experienced cybersecurity professionals to adequately protect their networks, Weiss said.
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