The House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee has held hearings to discuss cybersecurity risk in aging medical devices. Experts alerted about the danger these pose as the hardware tends to outlast the software. Even though no known public attacks have been recorded so far, the risk showed by studies could affect not only patient safety but also national security.
Using risk mapping to improve healthcare cybersecurity
The Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) cybersecurity working group is to map critical dependencies and identify vulnerabilities to safeguard the healthcare sector from cyber attacks.
