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At the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, AHA cyber risk advisor John Riggi said health systems need to prepare now for clinical and operational contingencies as high-impact ransomware attacks increase.
The U.S. Treasury Department, in coordination with the United Kingdom, Sept. 7 sanctioned 11 individuals who are part of the Russia-based Trickbot cybercrime group, whose targets have included hospitals and other critical infrastructure organizations.
"It remains a challenge to translate increased awareness into effective cybersecurity strategies that protect people and data," said a Proofpoint leader about new research comparing the POVs board directors and CISOs.
The agency said as part of the international cyber takedown, it gained lawful access to Qakbot’s infrastructure and identified more than 700,000 infected computers worldwide, including more than 200,000 in the U.S.
John Riggi, the first national advisor for cybersecurity and risk for the American Hospital Association, has been tracking cyber threats to the AHA's more than 5,000 members, and helping many of them deal with mission-critical tasks such as ransomware recovery and response, for the past five years. Before that, he spent nearly 30 years investigating and disrupting other criminal and national security threats at the FBI and CIA. Riggi – who's scheduled to deliver the opening keynote on September 7 at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum – says he's been concerned recently...