Industry Coalition Backs HHS Decision For Healthcare Cyber-Threat Info-Sharing Group

A coalition of critical industry groups and technology companies is defending HHS' recent decision to establish a cyber-threat information sharing center, arguing the group would augment rather than duplicate info-sharing efforts by the Department of Homeland Security. HHS announced it was creating the Healthcare Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in the wake of the WannaCry ransomware attack earlier this year, but critics, including some lawmakers, have suggested the new info-sharing group could interfere with longstanding operations by the DHS' National...