Resources Needed To Address Health Cyber Threats, Lawmakers Say

Two lawmakers who co-chaired a major commission on cybersecurity are urging HHS to protect the health care industry from cyber threats through increasing information sharing, and to provide an explanation on current mechanisms in place. In a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) ask the department to prioritize increasing info-sharing about cyber threats with health care entities and improve the resources available to the department’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Division and the...