Subj : Cyberattacks are having fatal consequences, so the White House wa
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Jan 10 2024 16:45:05

Cyberattacks are having fatal consequences, so the White House wants hospital 
funding tied to hospital security

Date:
Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:33:26 +0000

Description:
The White House is looking to stop hospitals from bleeding data, but will a 
cyber tourniquet be enough?

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The Biden administration is looking to introduce a policy that will require 
US hospitals to meet a certain level of digital security, including 
multi-factor authentication , in order to secure federal funding. 

A number of attacks in recent months have severely impacted hospitals, 
forcing ambulances to be diverted and non-urgent procedures to be 
rescheduled. 

Hospitals are already bound by a number of requirements relating to building 
construction, security and how patients are treated in order to secure 
funding. Basic cyber hygiene 

Hospitals are lucrative targets for ransomware attacks due to the sensitivity 
and amount of data stored on their systems, and often lack the robust 
security structure needed to keep cybercriminals out of their systems. The 
increasing complexity and number of network enabled devices used in medical 
procedures and patient care increases the vulnerability of hospitals to cyber 
attacks. 

Thats why establishing this basic level of cyber security as a prerequisite 
for federal funding is seen as a necessary step in preventing cyber attacks 
against hospitals. Introducing measures such as multi-factor authentication 
to hospital devices alongside software update timelines can stem the flow of 
attacks. 

An anonymous senior administration official told The Messenger that the 
government is homing in on those key cybersecurity practices that we really 
do believe bring a meaningful impact. It is expected that this policy will 
come into effect at some point this year. 

The rules for basic cybersecurity are to be proposed in the near future by 
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and will hopefully work in 
combination with the International Counter-Ransomware Initiatives pledge of 
non-payment to ransomware attacks that target government institutions. 

Recent studies have shown that cyber attacks on hospitals can have real-world 
effects on patient health, with a 2022 study finding that some hospitals 
reported an increase in patient mortality following cyber attacks on IoT 
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