AHA Cyber Intel Blogs

Cyberattacks represent a real enterprise risk to hospitals and health systems that not only has operational ramifications but also poses a major risk to patient care.

Organizations can prepare for and manage such risks by viewing cybersecurity not as a novel or IT issue but elevating it to an enterprise-wide initiative by incorporating it in existing governance, risk management and business continuity frameworks and strategies.

Read the latest AHA Cyber Intel blog for cybersecurity insights and guidance from John Riggi, National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk for hospitals and health systems looking to incorporate cybersecurity strategies into all functions of their organizations.

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A Look at 2024’s Health Care Cybersecurity Challenges

John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, provides insight into 2024’s health care cybersecurity challenges to help hospitals prepare for the next big cyberattack.

Third-Party Cyber Risk Impacts the Health Care Sector the Most. Here’s How to Prepare.

John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, explains why cybercriminals are shifting from directly targeting hospitals to hitting the third-party technology and service providers critical to supporting hospitals’ clinical care. He highlights four key strategies to help hospitals and health systems strengthen their third-party risk management program against the debilitating effects of the next, inevitable Change Healthcare-like cyberattack.

Why the Biden-Harris Administration’s New National Cybersecurity Strategy Is an Important Step Forward for Health Care

Understand the impact of the Biden-Harris Administration's National Cybersecurity Strategy on health care and its relevance for hospitals and health systems. #BidenCybersecurity

4 Key Ways to Prepare for, Prevent and Respond to High-impact Cyberattacks

What can your hospital or health system do to proactively prepare for a cyberattack with plans to maintain both business and clinical continuity? Gain insights gleaned from a recent AHA webinar with four health care leader panelists and John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk for the AHA. Read Riggi’s new AHA Cyber Intel blog article to learn four strategies to effectively prepare for a cyberattack.