Enhancing Healthcare Compliance With The NIST Cybersecurity Framework

Healthcare delivery organizations rely on the integrity and ongoing availability of their clinical networks to ensure patient care isn’t interrupted. The explosion of inherently insecure medical and IoT devices connecting to the network, along with the rise of increasingly sophisticated and targeted cybersecurity attacks, is eroding the safety and reliability of those networks. To help bolster defenses and mitigate risks, many organizations look to industry frameworks to help them think through and build out the cybersecurity practices and capabilities they need to keep their operations and care safe. One of the most used frameworks comes from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides a set of standards, guidelines, and best practices designed to protect critical infrastructure, such as clinical networks.