UnitedHealth Group CEO calls for collaboration to create minimum cybersecurity controls in healthcare sector

UnitedHeath Group is pushing for a collaborative approach to creating mandatory minimum cyber controls for healthcare organizations following a February cyber attack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare, according to CEO Andrew Witty, who is set to testify today at two hearings.

“We support mandatory minimum security standards -- developed collaboratively by the government and private sector -- for the health care industry. Importantly, these efforts must include funding and training for institutions that need help in making that transition, such...