A September 20 article in Bloomberg BNA's Health Care Daily
Report and other publications, entitled "Is the Federal
Insurance Exchange Secure?," discussed the September Work Plan
update from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office
of Inspector General (OIG). The update includes a new review of the
federal insurance exchange enrollment system, covering information
technology security and operational readiness. Day Pitney's
Eric Fader was quoted in the article.
The OIG's Work Plan outlines oversight activities the agency
intends to conduct. "Given the recent increased pace of
cyberattacks elsewhere, a fresh security review that incorporates
what the government's IT professionals have observed and
learned since their last review can never be a bad thing,"
Eric told Bloomberg BNA. He added that another newly announced Work
Plan update, a review of how HHS handles cybersecurity incidents,
reflects the OIG's focus on cybersecurity.
