White House Partners with Microsoft, Google on Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals
With rising cybersecurity attacks focused on healthcare organizations, what is being done for our rural healthcare systems? The technology giants will offer free or low-cost cybersecurity tools to rural hospitals, which often have limited resources to combat the rising number of cyberattacks.
A recent news brief was put out by Healthcare Dive in early June titled White House partners with Microsoft, Google on cybersecurity for rural hospitals. The brief discusses how rural healthcare organizations are a focus for the White House and technology giants. Cyberattacks against the U.S. healthcare sector increased 128% from 2022 to 2023, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The programs from Microsoft and Google aim to enhance infrastructure, improving security and resilience at rural facilities.
This article falls under TECHNOLOGY in the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) risk domains.
This domain covers machines, hardware, equipment, devices, wearable technologies and tools, but can also include techniques, systems and methods of organization. Health care has seen an escalation in the use of technology for clinical diagnosis and treatment, training and education, information storage and retrieval, and asset preservation. Examples also include Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Meaningful Use, financial and billing systems, social media and cyber security; cyber risks can be significant.