Tuesday 3 November 2015

CHIME Backs Senate Passage Of Cybersecurity Bill

Your security clients’ cybersecurity initiatives have recently received additional support from the College Of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME).

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) passed October 27 in the Senate, 74-21, according toNewsweek. The bill is intended to improve cybersecurity in the U.S. by opening channels of information around threat information between government entities and the private sector.

In response, CHIME released a statement about the passage, according to Healthcare Informatics, that stated, in part, “Once enacted by the president, CISA will represent a significant advancement in cybersecurity and better enable the nation’s chief information officers (CIO) and chief Information security officers (CISO) to better protect patient health information.” For the full article click here 



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