Between the medical device vulnerabilities and cybersecurity challenges discussed in news this week, it’s clear hospitals and health systems across healthcare have their work cut out to shore up their defenses and stay in business.
On one front, the Diligent Institute and Bitsight looked at the cybersecurity ratings of thousands of midsize-to-large companies trading globally and found the healthcare organizations included in the study had the highest cybersecurity ratings.
For low-resourced and nonprofit hospitals that are a critical part of the healthcare system, MedSec is offering a new cybersecurity support program the vendor says can help strained hospitals meet voluntary federal cybersecurity performance goals while a federal threat-intelligence partnership aiming to protect medical device security is renewed.
MedSec offers a cybersecurity roadmap
On Monday, the medical device cybersecurity firm announced a new Hospital Roadmap to Resilience Program that could help hospitals improve their cybersecurity postures and better protect their patients.
“One aspect of patient safety involves taking actions to protect against cybersecurity threats,” Debra Bruemmer, senior…
