HealthAware – Q2 2021
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Incidents/Articles of Note:
- Alaska Health Department Website Targeted in Malware Attack
- Hospitals Increasingly Anticipate Mass Shootings
- Cybersecurity and Compliance for Healthcare Organizations
- FBI: 16 Conti Ransomware Attacks Targeted Healthcare, First Responders in U.S.
- Frontline Cancer: Health systems unite in fight against cancer and cyber threats
- Scripps Health’s Cyber Outage Caused By ‘Ransomware Attacks’: Cal. Dept. of Public Health
- Hospitals Hold Active Shooter Preparedness Exercise
- The anatomy of the health service cyber attack
- German cyber security chief fears hackers could target hospitals
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White PaperASTM International
Global Collaboration to Advance Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) Safety, Quality, and Innovation
To address the numerous challenges facing PPE and accelerate standards development, the community needs a global collaboration forum that unifies PPE standardization efforts by leveraging the collective capabilities of the PPE industry.
Action GuideDHS CISA
Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities – Security Awareness for Soft Targets and Crowded Places
Hospitals and healthcare facilities face a unique set of challenges in an active shooter incident. These incidents have no patterns in victim selection or method, creating an unpredictable and quickly evolving situation that can lead to loss of life and injury.
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Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force
HHS established the Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force following the passage of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. The Task Force members represented a wide variety of organizations within the health care and public health sector, including hospitals, insurers, patient advocates, security researchers, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, health information technology developers and vendors, and laboratories.
ResourceDHS CISA
Security and Resilience Considerations for Mass Vaccination Sites
The Security and Resilience Considerations for Mass Vaccination Sites White Paper outlines the unique security considerations of using large facilities and venues, often called Mass Vaccination Sites, for COVID-19 vaccination Points of Dispensing (PODS).
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