Healthcare’s new road map for cybersecurity resilience

The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group have released a guide to help align healthcare information security programs with the National Institute for Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework. The guide aims to help prevent cybersecurity incidents and protect patients in the public and private healthcare sectors. It is timely following the release of the White House National Cybersecurity Strategy and could be used to demonstrate implementation of recognized cybersecurity practices to qualify for regulatory relief.