Cybersecurity is integral to hospital emergency response efforts, as it protect sensitive information, maintains operational continuity, prevents disruptions, combats disinformation, secures critical infrastructure, and facilitates collaboration among stakeholders.
2023 Disaster Conference
Cyberattacks against the health sector are proliferating, causing loss of data, connectivity, operations, reputation, money, and ultimately, patient safety. Attendees will learn about the Health Sector Coordinating Council and the many free best practice and guidance publications the Council has created for scalable cybersecurity preparedness and response programs.
2024 Disaster Conference
This presentation covers best practices for integrating information security and emergency management professionals in planning and resiliency efforts against cyber threats posed against partners in the health care sector.
Healthcare & Public Health Sector Coordinating Councils
This Operational Continuity-Cyber Incident (OCCI) checklist provides a flexible template for operational staff and executive management to respond to and recover from an extended enterprise outage due to a serious cyber attack.
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What’s happening: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released voluntary health care-specific cybersecurity performance goals (CPGs) to help organizations prioritize implementation of high-impact cybersecurity practices.
What else to know: The CPGs include 10 essential and 10 enhanced goals. They are based on multiple cybersecurity frameworks and directly address common attack vectors against U.S. domestic hospitals as identified in the 2023 Hospital Cyber Resiliency Landscape Analysis.
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Registration is now open for CHA’s 2023 Disaster Planning Conference, which will feature a complete breakout track dedicated to cybersecurity in hospitals. A disaster can come in many different forms, and sometimes the disaster is a cybersecurity breach.
A helpful tool providing cybersecurity information and resources for health care organizations, tools to assist with gap analysis and state support systems, a mitigation checklist, and suggestions for where to report cyberattacks, as well as share information.
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On Sept. 21, CHA will host a webinar about how to prepare for and respond to a cybersecurity breach. This is a precursor to the 2023 Disaster Planning Conference, which features cybersecurity as a complete breakout session track.
Developed by the Greater New York Hospital Association, this guidance aims to assist hospitals in the development and implementation of strategies to mitigate cyber disruption impacts.
Hospitals are frequently targets for cyber and social engineering scams following disasters. Hospitals can mitigate their risk by recognizing and preventing cyber threats, phishing emails, ransomware attacks, and fraudulent fundraising campaigns.