Cybersecurity

Cyber Threat Intelligence, Alerts and Reports
As part of the AHA鈥檚 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鈥檚 National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk.
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William Barker
Dakota Consulting
Gaithersburg, MD
William Polk
Applied Cybersecurity Division
Information Technology Laboratory
Murugiah Souppaya
Computer Security Division
Information Technology Laboratory
This publication is available free of charge from: https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.CSWP.鈥
This week, Hacking Healthcare begins by exploring how North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military alliance members are strengthening their collective response to cyberattacks and disinformation operations against critical infrastructure sectors, and how such exercises are especially鈥
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The FBI and Department of Homeland Security released recommendations to help organizations secure their networks from ongoing cyber threats from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, which recently exploited software updates to the widely used SolarWinds information technology performance-鈥
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Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are a critical component to modern health information technology infrastructures. Due to their role in passing information between resources, they present themselves as an enticing target for attackers to either carry out data breaches or as hop points鈥
n April 26, 2021, HHS Office for Civil Rights in Action (OCR) was made aware of postcards being sent to healthcare organizations advising recipients that they are required to participate in a 鈥淩equired Security Risk Assessment鈥 which can be completed at www[.]hsaudit.org.