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The National Security Agency has released two phases of its Zero Trust Implementation Guidelines for organizations to improve their zero trust architecture.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced Feb. 13 that it will host a series of virtual town hall meetings to gather public input on rulemaking for the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022.
John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, talks with Brett Leatherman, FBI assistant director, Cyber Division, and Gretchen Burrier, FBI assistant director, Office of Private Sector, about how nation-state actors are leveraging cybercriminals and artificial intelligence to disrupt health care.
The AHA Feb. 9 released a series of behavioral threat assessment and management resources developed in partnership with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit-1.
John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, talks with Brett Leatherman, FBI assistant director, Cyber Division, and Gretchen Burrier, FBI assistant director, Office of Private Sec
The National Institute of Standards and Technology Feb. 2 published details on a critical vulnerability that impacted Notepad++, a free, open-source text and source code program widely used by several industries, including health care.
The FBI has launched a two-month campaign, Operation Winter SHIELD (Securing Homeland Infrastructure by Enhancing Layered Defense), highlighting 10 actions organizations can use to protect against cyberattacks.
Two AHA guides offer strategies for hospitals and health systems in preparing for public health emergencies and disasters and managing cybersecurity incidents.
Larry Pierce, director of cybersecurity and information security officer for Atlantic Health, unpacks how the growth of artificial intelligence is reshaping cyber risk in health care, and why physical security is now inseparable from cybersecurity for America’s hospitals and health systems.
U.S. and international agencies Jan. 14 released guidance on secure connectivity for operational technology environments.
The AHA Jan. 14 expressed support for the Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (S. 2169), legislation that would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to create a comprehensive workforce strategy to train cybersecurity professionals and develop partnerships to expand the cybersecurity workforce in rural hospitals.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Dec. 11 released an update to its voluntary Cybersecurity Performance Goals, which includes measurable actions for critical infrastructure, including health care.
U.S. and international agencies are warning of potential cyberattacks on health care and other critical infrastructure from state-sponsored cyber actors in Russia and China.
A critical, unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability known as React2Shell has been added to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.
The FBI has public resources available to help prevent exploitation by cybercriminals, who use artificial intelligence for deception.
A critical vulnerability has been identified in 7-Zip, a free software program used for archiving data, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The flaw allows cyber actors to write code outside of the intended extraction folder where the user did not intend.
U.S. and international agencies Nov. 19 released a guide on mitigating potential cybercrimes from bulletproof hosting providers. A BPH provider is an internet infrastructure provider that intentionally markets and leases their infrastructure to cybercriminals.
The National Security Agency, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and international partners released