Cybersecurity Perspectives: Healthcare and Public Health Response to COVID-19

Disruptive ransomware and other malicious cyberattacks significantly reduce HPH entities’ ability to provide patient care and can contribute to patient mortality. Threat actors aim to disrupt HPH entities that have a low tolerance for downtime and may be experiencing resource and staffing constraints due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CISA recommends that all HPH entities review the following observations and findings, which are derived from an analysis of HPH entities enrolled in CISA’s free vulnerability scanning service from March to October 2020, and take appropriate action to reduce potential vulnerability and maintain resilient cybersecurity practices. 

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