HHS OIG Launches Cybersecurity Webpage To Raise Awareness And Boost Cybersecurity Best Practices

Healthcare data can be up to 10 times more valuable to cyber criminals than credit card numbers, according to a report from the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG). And, with healthcare-focused ransomware attacks like WannaCry and NotPetya in the news more frequently, it's no wonder that HHS OIG has identified cybersecurity threats as a top management challenge for 2018. "Cybersecurity incidents and breaches pose a significant risk to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive data. This could cause a myriad of problems, including placing the health and safety of patients at risk," OIG's Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing HHS report warned. HHS wants stakeholders to understand the importance of protecting healthcare data and to focus on initiatives that eradicate inadequacies found in access controls, patch management, configuration management, data encryption, and website security. See OCR's