"Censinet, AHA, KLAS Partner On Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study"
Censinet, a healthcare risk management solutions provider, has announced plans to conduct "The Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study" with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and KLAS Research. The study is enrolling hospital and health system participants, with the goal of evaluating key operational cyber metrics and cyber maturity as well as National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) and Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP) coverage. The anonymized and aggregated data sets will provide benchmarking data and insight into key cybersecurity metrics across the sector to participating healthcare organizations. With cyber risk now posing a significant enterprise risk to hospitals and health systems, now is the time to strengthen the industry's cyber strength, maturity, and resilience, according to John Riggi, the AHA's national advisor for cybersecurity and risk. The Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study gathers experts to achieve this goal and help all providers in reducing enterprise risk and protecting patient safety. Participants will also have access to Censinet's NIST CSF and HICP benchmarking muddles until March 2023, as well as guidance to address critical security gaps and specific benchmarks that organizations can use for resource allocation. Several health system sponsors, including Mass General Brigham, Intermountain Healthcare, Cedars-Sinai, Baptist Health, Dayton Children's, Fairview Health Services, Hartford HealthCare, and Marshfield Clinic Health System, are leading efforts to promote the study. According to Censinet CEO and founder Ed Gaudet, the Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study is the first healthcare benchmarking initiative to combine key organizational indicators, NIST CSF, and HICP in support of comprehensive provider self-evaluation and peer comparison. This article continues to discuss the goals of the Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study.