The American Hospital Association is recommending that hospitals and health systems address a cybersecurity vulnerability in Cisco networking software.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and international partners released guidance Feb. 25 on fixing the flaw being targeted by hackers.
“This critical vulnerability, a 10 out of 10, is actively being exploited by sophisticated adversaries to gain long-term access to networks,” said John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, in a Feb. 26 news release. “The mandatory mitigation requirements of this advisory apply only to federal civilian executive branch agencies. However, it would be prudent for all organizations, including health care-related entities, to voluntarily adhere to the recommendations as well.”
Those include inventorying Cisco Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking (SD-WAN) systems, checking for and collecting evidence of intrusion, patching with available updates, and reviewing and implementing the company’s latest guidance.
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