Former CIA head: health care industry must quickly confront cybersecurity issues
Cybersecurity within the health care sector will only become a more dire issue for politicians and doctors alike as connected technology continues to expand, a panel of experts speaking at the Bipartisan Policy Center agreed Wednesday. Former acting CIA Director Michael Morrell and former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff pointed to the rapid integration of smart technology into U.S. health care system since 2008, and they noted the sector’s exposure to ransomware, data theft and disruption of connected devices. Devices such as network-connected pacemakers are vulnerable to hackers in three ways, Morrell said: through a vulnerable internet-connected network; by infiltration of the supply chain from manufacturers to hospitals; or through insider manipulation at health care facilities. The insider threat is the most direct and therefore more potentially devastating one, he said. Expanding the conversation, he said cybersecurity across all sectors “is the second-biggest threat facing the U.S. after international terrorism, and it’s the fastest-growing […]
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