HHS, HITRUST Team Up For Simulated Cyberattacks On Health Industry
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
HHS and the information security firm have formed CyberRX, a program that will conduct simulated cyberattacks to test health care industry information systems and medical devices.
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