Gary Gottlieb, former CEO of Partners HealthCare System, has called for more investment in cybersecurity to protect health care data. Current efforts lag behind other industries, putting personal health information at risk and increasing the severity and frequency of cyber-attacks. Gottlieb suggests reimagining healthcare information security, combining culture change with technology change, placing a greater focus on managing data in a secure way and training everyone involved in healthcare to be vigilant against cyber vandalism and attack.
Dispersed responsibility, lack of asset inventory is causing gaps in medical device cybersecurity
Witnesses at a House hearing on medical device cybersecurity highlighted the need for better tracking of devices and their vulnerability to cyber threats. They noted
