The Department of Health and Human Services has established a program known as 405(d). This program is intended to enhance cybersecurity and align industry approaches by developing a common set of voluntary, consensus-based, and industry-led cybersecurity guidelines, practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes that healthcare organizations can use.
The 405(d) Task force just published a paper on Cybersecurity and Healthcare titles “The Impact of Ransomware on Healthcare” The full report can be found at the following link The 405(d) Post, Volume XV (hhs.gov).
The major take aways from this paper
- 2021 was a devasting year for cybersecurity attacks in healthcare
- There were more data breaches
- There were more ransomware attacks
- Experts predict that 2022 will be worse than 2021
If you have not updated you HIPAA Security Program recently or do not have on in place now is the time to update your program. We have enhanced our program in response to the increased threats including more questions and controls on routers, access points, email and other aspects of your IT that have been targeted by these bad actors. If you are currently a TLD Systems client, please contact us to update your security. If you are not currently a TLD Systems client please contact us so that we can assist you in establishing a good cybersecurity program at your practice.
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