October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month!
Cybersecurity Awareness Toolkit for Washington State Hospital Association Members
This toolkit includes resources to educate your staff about how to be safer online and shares how you can take steps to advance your cybersecurity program. You will find links to government resources, training videos, and tools to share with your teams. A section also shares how healthcare organizations can secure their networks and protect patients. Check back often as we will continue to add more resources.
CYBERSECURITY ON-DEMAND TRAINING RESOURCES
We will release new on-demand videos weekly to celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Check back here often for new content.
Week 1: Secure Your World: Advance Your Cybersecurity Compliance
On-Demand webinar: Review of HHS' Healthcare & Public Health Cybersecurity Performance Goals
Blog Post: Practical Steps for Meeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals
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Week 2: Strengthen Your Security Policies
On-Demand Webinar: Securing AI Systems in Healthcare - Best Practices and Policy Guidelines
AI Template: AI Security & Privacy Policy Template - Download now
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Week 3: The Hacker's Perspective
On-Demand Webinar: The Hacker's Perspective - Find out what motivates hackers and how you can stop them
Video: Watch a Ransomware Simulation of an attack to see how fast the attack can spread.
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Week 4: Cybersecurity is Everyone's Responsibility
On-Demand Webinar: Ask the Expert—Healthcare Cybersecurity Insights: Get insight into AI in Healthcare, Medical Device Security and how to get your entire organization involved in cybersecurity.
Blog Post: Expert Q&A: Managing Cybersecurity Challenges in Healthcare
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Week 5: Level Up Your Cybersecurity Readiness
On-Demand Webinar: Lean How to Comply, Detect, and Respond with Cybersecurity-as-a-Service - take the burden off your teams and catch attackers in your network
Learn More About Securing Your Network and Medical Devices here.
CYBERSECURITY RESOURCES TO SHARE WITH YOUR TEAMS:
CISA Cybersecurity Awareness Resources
Cybersecurity Awareness Month Four Themes Infographic - this is a good one to print and post around your organization.
CISA's Four Steps to Staying Safe Online Webpage - share with your team and their families - includes videos on the four key themes
CISA's Cybersecurity Awareness 101 Powerpoint Presentation - use this to present one of the four themes each week to your team
National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) Resources - visit their webpage
Attitudes and Behaviors about Cybersecurity Report - Request the report from NCA here
STUDY: Less than Half of AI Users are Trained on Security & Privacy Risks - Read More
Phishing - 5 min read
Cybersecurity Training and Awareness Resources
Cybersecurity Roles in Healthcare Infographic - cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility.
Ransomware Simulation - does your team know what happens during a ransomware attack? - Share this 3-min video.
Blog Post: Safeguarding Healthcare: Implementing Key Cybersecurity Practices from CISA's Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Blog Post: Recognizing Phishing, Updating Software, and Healthcare Cybersecurity Strategies
Suggestions for how to share this information with your teams:
- Hold Lunch & Learns and review the resources
- Assign a leader from each team to share and review the information
- Create a game with questions and answers - get creative - prizes always help engagement as well
- Print the infographic and other information and post them around your hospital
- Share the Cybersecurity Insider Program - anyone from your organization can join the program. Share the link and have them register for ongoing free educational resources and benefits.
CYBERSECURITY RESOURCES TO PROTECT YOUR NETWORKS AND PATIENTS:
Education for Your IT Teams and C-Suite - Advance Your Organizations Cybersecurity Posture
Become a Cybersecurity Insider: Join a program that provides ongoing monthly education, threat intelligence alerts, on-demand training, and access to special events.
Set Up or Update Your Medical Device Cybersecurity Program— Use this field manual to define or update your medical device cybersecurity program.
Update your Incident Response Plan to be Patient Focused - Download the Patient-Centric Incident Response Whitepaper
HHS and CISA Cybersecurity Resources for Healthcare
Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices - outlines the healthcare sector's top threats and mitigation strategies.
HHS 405(d) Knowledge On Demand Resources - Get PowerPoint presentations and videos for training on topics like ransomware and attacks against medical devices.
HHS Health Industry Cybersecurity Practice (HICP):
- HICP Main Document (2023 Edition) - Managing Threats and Protecting Patients
- HICP Technical Vol 1 - Cybersecurity Practices for Small Healthcare Organizations
- HICP Technical Vol 2 - Cybersecurity Practices for Medium & Large Healthcare Organizations
- HICP's Best Practices - 10 Mitigating Practices Summary
CISA's Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs) - a subset of cybersecurity practices to reduce cybersecurity risks to healthcare
Coming Soon - HHS + CISA Video for Cybersecurity Awareness Month - How to utilize HICP and CPG together
CISA Releases New Healthcare & Public Health Sector Cybersecurity Toolkit with Support of HHS - access the Toolkit here.
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