Cyberattack Simulation Finds Little Data Sharing Among Plans

By Alex Ruoff, Bloomberg BNA

Health care organizations aren’t effectively collaborating to ward off cybercriminals, security executives concluded after a major breach simulation.

Health care organizations and cybersecurity groups have increasingly called for private companies and federal agencies to share information with each other about cyber attacks and data breaches. However, health care companies are often hesitant to share this information for fear of giving away trade secrets or raising the ire of regulators.

“There’s concern on behalf of the enterprise that by sharing information about an attack or some malicious code that regulators will respond negatively,” said Emily Mossburg, ...