Fed agencies look to encourage use of ethical hacking in healthcare

The healthcare industry is a prime candidate to benefit from ethical hacking, a concept that could help bolster the cybersecurity of provider organizations and payers.

That’s the opinion of Lucia Savage, chief privacy officer in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, who believes ethical hacking could help probe cyber defenses to identify weaknesses,.

Ethical hackers are computer and networking experts who attempt to penetrate information systems on behalf of its owners to find security vulnerabilities that a malicious hacker could potentially exploit. For the full article click here 

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