US government wants to toughen up cybersecurity rules for healthcare organizations

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  • New cybersecurity requirements may soon be introduced for US healthcare firms
  • The new rules will aim to protect systems which hold sensitive information
  • These will cost an estimated $9 billion in the first year

A new set of requirements have been proposed by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for healthcare firms in the country to ensure the personally identifiable information of patients and company data is adequately protected. The proposal includes routine vulnerability and breach scans, data encryption, and multi-factor authentication.

The new requirements would also make it mandatory to use anti-malware protection for systems which handle sensitive information, as well as network segmentation, implementing separate controls for data backup and recovery, and yearly audits to check for compliance.

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