From: Sector.Partnership <Sector.Partnership@cisa.dhs.gov>
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2021 9:02 AM
Subject: CISA Releases Cybersecurity Perspectives Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Response to COVID-19
Importance: High

 Critical Infrastructure Stakeholders and Partners,

  Today, CISA releases CISA Insights: Cybersecurity Perspectives Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Response to COVID-19 that provides an overview of vulnerabilities that could be exploited in the HPH sector and best practices to counter this cybersecurity risk.

  CISA conducted an analysis of vulnerability scanning data derived from HPH entities enrolled in this service from March to November 2020. This new resource provides observations and findings of vulnerabilities with the HPH entities internet-facing systems and network configurations.

 One common method used by malicious cyber actors is exploiting known vulnerabilities or network configuration gaps to disable or disrupt government and business networks. CISA strongly encourages organizations, specifically HPH entities, to review this new resource and take appropriate actions that could help reduce vulnerabilities with internet-facing systems and network configurations. Also, CISA encourages organizations to adopt vulnerability scanning service.

  CISA offers free vulnerability scanning service to federal, state, local, tribal and territorial governments, as well as public and private sector critical infrastructure organizations. Organizations that participate in this service receive weekly reports that identify and provide trends for their active critical, high, medium and low vulnerabilities. This service can help executive and IT professional leadership make data-driven decision to prioritize resources. For more information visit cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services.

For more information, contact central@cisa.gov.

 Respectfully,

 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 

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