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Veterans Affairs OIG Finds Cybersecurity Deficiencies at AZ Health System

July 14, 2023 - The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) inspected the information security program at the Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System and discovered significant security deficiencies. The VA OIG conducts annual audits of the VA’s information security program and practices to determine compliance with the Federal...


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HHS, FBI Disrupt BreachForums Cybercriminal Marketplace

by Jill McKeon

Thanks to a joint effort by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a cybercriminal marketplace known as BreachForums was forced offline, the Department...

OIG: HHS Must Modernize Its Approach to Cybersecurity

by Jill McKeon

In the 2022 edition of its annual report on HHS’s top management and performance challenges, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) called on HHS to improve data governance, secure HHS systems,...

OIG Finds NIH Health Grant Program Needs Stricter Cybersecurity Controls

by Jill McKeon

In a recent audit, The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had not implemented adequate requirements to ensure that its grant awards had risk-based...

OIG Calls On HRSA to Improve Data Security of Organ Transplant Network

by Jill McKeon

UPDATED 9/7/2022 - This article has been updated to include a statement provided by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under HHS, has...

OIG: Evaluation of FISMA Shows HHS Security Program “Not Effective”

by Jill McKeon

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) called HHS’ security program “not effective” in an audit of Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) requirements for fiscal year...

FDA, OIG Request Cybersecurity Investments in FY 2023 Budget

by Jill McKeon

The Biden Administration announced its FY 2023 budget proposal, which contains increased investments in cybersecurity across critical infrastructure. “The Budget invests in cybersecurity...

OIG: Medicare Lacks Oversight of Cybersecurity for Medical Devices

by Jill McKeon

Medicare accreditation organizations (AOs) rarely use their discretion to assess the cybersecurity of networked medical devices through their regular hospital surveys, according to a study conducted by...

OIG: VA Staff Hid Privacy, Security Risks of AI Health Data Project

by Jessica Davis

Two employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs concealed and made false representations about the privacy and security risks of a 2016 AI health data project between the agency and Flow...

FBI, HHS Alert to COVID-19 Vaccine Fraud Schemes Aimed at Data Theft

by Jessica Davis

All private sector organizations should be on the alert for fraud schemes tied to the COVID-19 vaccine, as multiple complaints have been received by the Department of Health and Human Services Office...

Final HHS Rules Provide Safe Harbor for Cybersecurity Tech Donations

by Jessica Davis

The Department of Health and Human Services published two final rules on Friday designed to reduce regulatory barriers and improve care coordination, which both contain safe harbor provisions that will...

Coronavirus Fraud Schemes Surge, as FBI, HHS OIG Advise Cyber Hygiene

by Jessica Davis

Bitdefender Labs have detected five times more Coronavirus-themed malware reports during March. And the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Justice have each begun...

OIG Finds NIH Security Practices Potentially Put EHR Data at Risk

by Jessica Davis

The security policies and practices around the electronic health system of the National Institutes of Health may have potentially put the security, confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its...

OIG Finds Serious Misuse of Medicare Data Transactions by Pharmacies

by Jessica Davis

The Department of Health and Human Service Office of the Inspector General recently discovered widespread inappropriate access and use of Medicare beneficiary data by pharmacies and other healthcare...