Supply Chain Risks, Asset Management Remain Key Areas In Need Of Improvement Among Healthcare’s Cybersecurity Efforts, Report Says

Fierce Healthcare (4/15, Muoio) reports, “Supply chain risks and asset management remain key areas in need of improvement among healthcare’s cybersecurity efforts, according to a recent report benchmarking dozens of organizations.” This “collaborative analysis, penned by KLAS Research, echoed earlier editions that found most healthcare organizations are ‘preparing for when, not if, they will need to employ incident response, disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.’” The report, which was “conducted...in collaboration with healthcare risk-assessment vendor Censinet, the American Hospital Association, the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center, the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council and the Scottsdale Institute,” additionally “outlined correlations between self-reported implementation of cybersecurity frameworks and best practices with relevant organizational metrics.” For example, “it found lower annual increases in cybersecurity insurance premiums for healthcare organizations that use the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0...as their primary framework.”