Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at University of Chicago Medicine, Erik Decker, believes that if major cyber risks are not mitigated then it is likely that an attack can devastate regional healthcare systems. According to Erik, a terrorism is main concern, stating that “if a threat actor can get to a certain level of sophistication and understand how to compromise regional health systems – independent health systems that are not part of the same group – by leveraging a lot of the same types of vendors that we all use and the access that these third parties have then you have a situation that is going to be quite catastrophic.”
As we continue to see the healthcare industry at the center of cyber attacks, it becomes more apparent how much these institutions are low hanging fruit for cybercriminals. Decker is co-leading a Department of Health and Human Services task group of more than 150 industry experts that is devising a plan for implementing certain provisions of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 within the healthcare sector.
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