Simulated Cyber Attacks: The Fire Drill Healthcare Needs

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HITRUST is leading an industry-wide effort to conduct exercises to simulate cyber attacks on healthcare organizations. In my opinion, this is the kind of “fire drill” that could go a long way in curbing the increasing rate of data breaches in healthcare.

Fire drills are a part of life — annoying, disruptive, but ultimately, necessary.

Everyone probably remembers the fire drills they had in elementary school. Line up, walk in a straight line, go outside, and do not horse around. Teachers counting kids hurriedly like pit crew members working on a first place car in the Indy 500. Fire trucks pulling up, giving kids something to stare at in wonderment for a few minutes.

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