U.S. senators have introduced a bipartisan bill to boost cybersecurity in healthcare following major attacks like the one on UnitedHealth Group. The bill provides cybersecurity training and prevention grants, and mandatory incident response planning for the health sector. Other cybersecurity news includes Fortinet’s report on holiday-related cyber threats, Commvault’s solution for recovering Amazon S3 datasets, a report detailing how malware hides in archives, and research on the pro-India, pro-Russia hacktivist collective CyberVolk.
Sale of 2 Prospect Rhode Island hospitals approved: 7 things to know
The Rhode Island Director of Health has approved the sale of two hospitals owned by Prospect Medical Holdings to The Centurion Foundation. This decision concludes