Hacking Healthcare

Health-ISAC Hacking Healthcare 10-19-2023

Interest in broadening and deepening the expectations and responsibilities of senior leadership when it comes to cybersecurity is increasingly taking hold in policy circles globally and in particular in the US and Europe. This week, Hacking Healthcare™ explores a...

Health-ISAC Hacking Healthcare 10-12-2023

This week, Hacking Healthcare™ takes a look at a set of rules for civilian hackers taking part in armed conflicts that the International Committee of the Red Cross has published in response to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. We take a look at why this came to...

Health-ISAC Hacking Healthcare 10-6-2023

This week, Hacking Healthcare™ starts by examining the newly issued Food and Drug Administration (FDA) final guidance related to the cybersecurity of medical devices. The new document updates nearly 10-year-old guidance and comes just prior to more stringent...

Health-ISAC Hacking Healthcare 9-21-2023

This week, Hacking Healthcare™ examines the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) willingness to investigate and prosecute malicious cyber acts that fall within their jurisdiction. We briefly summarize what the ICC is, where this change in policy comes from, and what...

Health-ISAC Hacking Healthcare 9-14-2023

This week, Hacking Healthcare™ breaks down what Health-ISAC members can expect from a revision to a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidance document on HIPAA Security Rule implementation. Then, we provide a brief update on when to expect the...

Health-ISAC Hacking Healthcare 9-8-2023

This week, Hacking Healthcare™ catches up with the revision to the European Union’s Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive, NIS2. We review what NIS2 is, how Health-ISAC members may be affected, where NIS2 is in its implementation timeline, and what actions...

Health-ISAC Hacking Healthcare 9-1-2023

This week, Hacking Healthcare™ examines the cybersecurity workforce issue. With the recent release of the United States’ National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy, we wanted to examine how the United States and the European Union (EU) are attempting to address...

Health-ISAC Hacking Healthcare 8-24-2023

This week, Hacking Healthcare™ examines the newest draft of the Cybersecurity Framework from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). We break down the changes to the current framework, how the framework intersects with the healthcare sector, and how...

Health-ISAC Hacking Healthcare 8-17-2023

This week, Hacking Healthcare™ welcomes a guest essay on the what to make of the new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) final rule related to cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incident disclosure. As a reminder, this is the public version...

Health-ISAC Hacking Healthcare 8-11-2023

This week, Hacking Healthcare™ examines the possibility of the Biden administration pursuing a general ban on ransomware payments as a means to disincentivize ransomware actors. We provide a brief background on the United States government’s policy towards ransomware,...

Hacking Healthcare is written by John Banghart, who served as a primary advisor on cybersecurity incidents and preparedness and led the National Security Council’s efforts to address significant cybersecurity incidents, including those at OPM and the White House. John is currently the Senior Director for Technology Risk Management at Venable. His background includes serving as the National Security Council’s Director for Federal Cybersecurity, Senior Cybersecurity Advisor for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and also as a cybersecurity researcher at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and in the Office of the Undersecretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology.

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