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November 6, 2024
NIST's Pascoe Urges Trust and Collaboration in Healthcare Cybersecurity
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Contributed by: Drex DeFord
Summary
Cherilyn Pascoe, Director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at NIST, underscored the critical need for trust and collaboration in cybersecurity during her keynote at the HIMSS24 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum. She discussed NIST's longstanding role in developing security standards, including the advanced encryption standard, and emphasized the importance of incorporating trust in technology for societal benefit. Pascoe highlighted NIST's recent update of the Cybersecurity Framework to Version 2.0, developed with input from various sectors, and noted the collaboration with 34 healthcare organizations to improve cybersecurity practices. She also outlined specific projects focused on securing telehealth ecosystems and genomic data cybersecurity.

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