The FISMA Focus IPD

Creating and deploying a nationwide health cybersecurity protection program will not be a simple endeavor. Nevertheless, the outlined project suggests that few, if any, benefits will be realized by the healthcare community for as long as three years, as the grant awardee works with HHS through a painstaking process of gap analysis, concept building, plan design and infrastructure expansion.

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In the meantime—right now—many hospitals, practices and other healthcare providers don’t have the resources or information they need to protect themselves from cyber attacks. Healthcare records for one in three Americans were breached in 2015, a dramatic increase over 2014. Over 80 percent of healthcare executive respondents to a recent Modern Healthcare survey said they expect more cybersecurity attacks in 2016. So far this year, their fears have been justified.