"MITRE Launches Ransomware Support Hub for Hospitals and Health Systems"

MITRE recently revealed its new Ransomware Resource Center, which is aimed at helping healthcare organizations improve their resilience against ransomware attacks. The center offers tools and strategies for IT and infosec professionals to help combat the growing frequency and sophistication of such cyberattacks. The MITRE Ransomware Resource Center provides an array of resources tailored to specific roles within the healthcare sector, including business managers, technical managers, IT professionals, or cybersecurity practitioners. Its offerings are also tailored around the five stages of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework. These five stages are: identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover. MITRE has highlighted a recent report stating that 560 healthcare facilities were hit with ransomware attacks in 2020, along with another report that shows a 45 percent increase in exploitation attempts within the past four months. This article continues to discuss the launch of a ransomware support hub for hospitals and health systems by MITRE, as well as the growing threat of ransomware targeting healthcare and the public health sector. 

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