Regulatory concerns accompany heightened federal focus on health sector cyber risks

Health sector groups are urging the Biden administration to make use of existing cyber guidelines in collaboration with the private sector and to refrain from creating new mandates amid a sharpened focus on cybersecurity by the White House, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration.

“Any new mandatory cybersecurity requirements on a health sector still reeling from the pandemic must consider the ability of under-resourced health systems to comply, particularly on top of new...