New HHS cyber info-sharing center comes under bipartisan scrutiny at Senate hearing

The Department of Health and Human Services’ new center for cyber information sharing faced bipartisan criticism from members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday, amid a discussion of how to streamline the federal government’s cyber regulations and operations.

Committee ranking member Claire McCaskill (D-MO) blasted HHS' new Healthcare Cybersecurity and Communications Integrations Center for potentially duplicating the functions of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center and creating a more cumbersome...