CISA guidance provides cyber risk mitigation strategies for healthcare
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Kyle Brasseur2023-11-20T19:26:00
New guidance released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) offers best practices for organizations in the healthcare and public health sector to adopt to combat rising cyber threats.
The guidance, published by CISA on Friday, is voluntary and meant to be a companion to information the agency distributed to healthcare organizations in July.
The guidance includes mitigation strategies for:
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