Biden Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order

On May 12, 2021 President Biden signed the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, which we previewed in a recent post, into law. The fifteen-page document includes various cybersecurity enhancement recommendations such as the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and review and revision of... Continue reading

How To Prepare for the Cybersecurity Executive Order

On May 12, 2021 President Biden signed the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity into law. In spite of being only fifteen pages in length, the executive order is detailed and complex. It’s quite easy to become overwhelmed by the dependencies between requirements and... Continue reading

Why 2021 is Shaping Up to be the Year of the SBOM

The software bill of materials (SBOM) is on its way to being recognized as a key security document and the primary enabler of software transparency across all industries. In healthcare, FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) included the SBOM in the first draft of their... Continue reading

White House Considers Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) Critical

The recent SolarWinds attack report, which we summarized in a recent post, hinted at possible executive action as a response to the massive assault. That possibility has been realized, and a Biden administration executive order, requiring enhanced cybersecurity measures including the Software Bill of Materials... Continue reading

Software Bill of Materials Help to Defend Against Cyberattacks

On February 17, 2021, a remarkable White House press briefing addressed possible executive action in the wake of the SolarWinds attack, the most systematic hack of the U.S. government in history. In mid-February, the United States White House held a press briefing and announced possible executive action... Continue reading

Two Key Device Security Documents Hospitals Need Now

When it comes to medical device security risk, hospitals are largely in the dark. By deploying medical devices without a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and/or an MDS2, they have no good way to know their actual vulnerability to cyberattacks, at least not without a... Continue reading

Massive Ransomware Assault on Healthcare

CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) jointly released a cybersecurity advisory on October 28, 2020 warning of an imminent cybercrime threat to healthcare providers. Since the original release, the warning... Continue reading

U.S. Treasury Department Warns of Possible Violations

Paying ransomware hackers could run afoul of anti-money laundering regulations. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory that, depending on the circumstances, facilitating ransomware payments to cyber-criminals could constitute money transmission, thus violating anti-money laundering regulations. In addition, the Office of Foreign Assets... Continue reading

Universal Health Services (UHS) Hit by Ransomware Attack

Early on the morning of Sunday, September 27, 2020, end users at a United Health Services (UHS) hospital were greeted with locked phones and computer screens hijacked by ransomware. The giant hospital system has reverted back to paper forms, with no electronic access to online... Continue reading

Vigilant Ops Announces Availability of InSight Platform V1 for HDOs

Healthcare Delivery Organizations Gain Visibility into Risk Profile of Deployed Medical Devices. Today, Vigilant Ops, an innovator in medical device cybersecurity, announced the immediate availability of InSight Platform V1 for Healthcare Delivery Organizations, providing HDOs with an automated solution for monitoring the health of their... Continue reading
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