HHS concept paper details plan for upcoming sector-specific cyber performance goals

The Department of Health and Human Services has released a concept paper outlining its cybersecurity strategy, which includes plans to create a set of voluntary cybersecurity performance goals for the health and public health sector to inform future regulatory action.

“The health care sector is particularly vulnerable, and the stakes are especially high. Our commitment to this work reflects that urgency and importance,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a Wednesday announcement.

Becerra said, “HHS is working with health...