On Monday, June 5, the Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force (the “HCIC Task Force”) issued its Report on Improving Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry to Congress. The report highlighted that health care cybersecurity is a “key public health concern that needs immediate and aggressive attention.”
In the report, the HCIC Task Force identified six “imperatives” that must be achieved to increase security within the health care industry.