Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., are asking Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra for a briefing on what HHS is doing to help share cyber threat data with members of the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector – particularly in light of ramped-up ransomware attacks against the sector in recent years.
The senator and the House member – both of whom were members of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission that helped to shepherd major cybersecurity legislation through Congress over the past two years – requested the briefing in an August 11 letter to Becerra…
In particular, the lawmakers said they hope the requested briefing covers the status of HHS efforts “to strengthen the department’s capabilities” as the designated sector risk management agency (SRMA), and to “operationalize collaboration with the organizations throughout the sector.” … Read the full article here.
