COVID-19 – Cybersecurity Risks for Health Care and Research Institutions are Heightened | Baker Donelson

riskacademy — Tue, 19 May 2020 20:10:13 +0000

The health care industry and research organizations searching for vaccines and/or improved treatment protocols are on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19. There are obvious inherent risks to treating COVID-19 patients and performing research on infectious diseases, exposure to the virus chief among them. Another risk for COVID-19 health care providers and researchers that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis is the threat of cyber-attack.

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently issued an alert warning that malicious cyber actors are targeting health care and other essential services related to COVID-19. According to the CISA and NCSC alert, health care providers, pharmaceutical companies, academia, medical research organizations and local governments face heightened risks. CISA and NCSC report observing advanced persistent threat (APT) actors scanning external websites and probing for vulnerabilities in unpatched software.

On May 13, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and CISA issued a more specific…

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COVID-19 – Cybersecurity Risks for Health Care and Research Institutions are Heightened | Baker Donelson