Security News > 2020 > January > Tips on Protecting Hospitals From Nation-State Attacks
In light of rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran, the Association of Executives in Healthcare Information Security recently issued new data security guidance to help the healthcare sector prepare for potential nation-state attacks, says Christopher Frenz, one of the document's authors.
After an Iranian general was killed in a recent U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, security experts and the Department of Homeland Security warned of possible retaliatory cyber strikes from Iran that could target critical infrastructure, government agencies as well as private businesses.
"We wanted to highlight why it's important for hospitals to focus on certain controls and what they can do to prepare if a nation-state cyberattack were to actually hit," he says in an interview with Information Security Media Group.
Frenz is assistant vice president of information security for Interfaith Medical Center in New York, where he developed the hospital's information security program and infrastructure.
Frenz has pushed for the adoption of improved security standards within hospitals and is the author of the OWASP Secure Medical Device Deployment Standard as well as the OWASP Anti-Ransomware Guide.