Cybersecurity

Cyber Threat Intelligence, Alerts and Reports
As part of the AHA’s commitment to helping hospitals and health systems prepare for and prevent cyber threats, we have gathered the latest government cyber threat intelligence and alerts and Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC) reports.
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Cybersecurity & Risk Advisory
Learn how AHA can help hospitals and health systems prepare for and mitigate cyber threats through the expertise of John Riggi, AHA’s National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk.
The Food and Drug Administration today recommended medical device manufacturers, health care providers and patients take certain actions to reduce the risk that a remote attacker could exploit a set of cybersecurity vulnerabilities to control a medical device or prevent it from functioning.
Among other benefits to the community, mergers can help hospitals deploy more effective safeguards against hackers, writes AHA General Counsel Melinda Hatton.
There are numerous benefits to the community that derive from hospital and health system mergers, starting with quality improvements and expanding services.
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we explore how the fallout of Facebook’s privacy issues may impact healthcare organizations.
John Riggi, AHA senior advisor for cybersecurity and risk, shares tips for protecting patients and their data from cyber threats.
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we continue the discussion on biometric data by looking at an Australian wrongful dismissal case.
HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center urged health care organizations to install patches to protect their Windows systems against DejaBlue.
As a follow-up to our June 6, 2019 white paper on BlueKeep, this report documents a recent alert from Microsoft concerning two similar remote desktop protocol (RDP) vulnerabilities, entitled BlueKeep 2 and BlueKeep 3, together dubbed “DejaBlue.”
The Healthcare Sector Coordinating Council, a public-private partnership of health care companies and providers developing collaborative solutions to mitigate threats to critical health care infrastructure.
The AHA and the Department of Homeland Security July 17 at 1 p.m. ET will host a webinar discussing current cybersecurity threats to the health care sector.