What Does Cybersecurity Have To Do With Health Care?
Not much, of course. But according to this report in the Washington Post, Secretary Sebelius today responded to reports of a cybersecurity breach that was discovered recently. According to Sebelius “there was not a breach” but a “theoretical problem” raised by a “skilled hacker.” She said the problem “was immediately fixed.” Translated that means that someone outside the system found a s
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Not much, of course. But according to this report in the Washington Post, Secretary Sebelius today responded to reports of a cybersecurity breach that was discovered recently. According to Sebelius “there was not a breach” but a “theoretical problem” raised by a “skilled hacker.” She said the problem “was immediately fixed.” Translated that means that someone outside the system found a security gap in the system -- and fortunately, they reported it, rather than exploited it. Which, of course, just reiterates the point that there are no invulnerable systems -- only comparatively more or less secure ones.
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company. He formerly served as deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a professorial lecturer in law at George Washington University, a senior fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a board member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
