In December 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services published “Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients” (HICP). The HICP addresses five common cybersecurity threats and ten practices to mitigate these threats, and serves as a call to action for healthcare organizations to detect these common threats and implement mitigation controls to protect patient safety.
HHS Publishes Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices
In December 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services published “Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients” (HICP). The HICP addresses five common cybersecurity threats and ten practices to mitigate these threats, and serves as a call to action for healthcare organizations to detect these common threats and implement mitigation controls to protect patient safety. In December 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services published “Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients” (HICP). The HICP addresses five common cybersecurity threats and ten practices to mitigate these threats, and serves as a call to action for healthcare organizations to detect these common threats and implement mitigation controls to protect patient safety. The HICP is a voluntary guidance document and not a regulatory requirement. The goals of the HICP are to raise awareness and provide common cybersecurity practices to ensure a consistent approach in mitigating the most prevalent cybersecurity threats in...
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