Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Archives

A healthcare worker tends to a patient on a ventilator in the Intensive Care Unit of Baptist Health Floyd on September 7, 2021 in New Albany, Indiana. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

HHS burrows into identifying risks to health sector from third-party vendors

A department official speaking at CyberTalks said HHS is trying to help the sector on finding where those risks are.

4 days ago By Tim Starks

Sen. Bill Casssidy, R-La., questions Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. during a Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Sept. 4, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Bipartisan health care cybersecurity legislation returns to address a cornucopia of issues

The bill, first introduced late last year, deals with regulations, training, grants and more.

Dec 5, 2025 By Tim Starks

Two-thirds of CISA personnel could be sent home under shutdown

A DHS plan estimates that it would keep nearly 900 CISA workers on the job during a lapse in federal funding.

Sep 29, 2025 By Tim Starks

DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge reveals winning models for automated vulnerability discovery and patching

The initiative seeks to patch vulnerabilities in open-source code before they are exploited by would-be attackers. Now comes the hard part — putting the systems to the…

Aug 8, 2025 By Matt Kapko

A sign is seen at Microsoft headquarters on July 3, 2024, in Redmond, Washington. (David Ryder/Getty Images)

Microsoft SharePoint attacks ensnare 400 victims, including federal agencies

The Departments of Energy, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services have been impacted.

Jul 24, 2025 By Matt Kapko

The headquarters of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 18, 2024. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

How HHS has strengthened cybersecurity of hospitals and health care systems

The agency has embraced performance goals, provided resources to small systems and improved coordination, its deputy secretary writes.

Jan 17, 2025 By Andrea Palm

Stronger cyber protections in health care targeted in new Senate bill

The bipartisan legislation from four senators is aimed at strengthening providers’ cyber defenses and protecting Americans’ health data.

Nov 22, 2024 By Matt Bracken

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. CEO Andrew Witty appears before House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 1 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Change Healthcare breach affected 100 million Americans, marking a new record

The company notified the Health and Human Services Department about the figure this week, the first it has specified.

Oct 25, 2024 By Tim Starks

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mark Warner, D-Va., talk before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 10, 2017. Wyden and Warner introduced a bill to require minimum cybersecurity standards in the health care sector on Sept. 26, 2024. (TASOS KATOPODIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate bill eyes minimum cybersecurity standards for health care industry

The legislation from Sens. Wyden and Warner comes in the aftermath of the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare.

Sep 26, 2024 By Matt Bracken

A broken piggy bank with a stethoscope. (Getty Images)

Rural hospitals are particularly vulnerable to ransomware, report finds

The most vulnerable hospitals are unprepared to deal with the impact of digital extortion as ransomware attacks target health care facilities.

Jun 4, 2024 By Christian Vasquez