Proactive leadership and strategic planning will help mitigate the business disruption caused by the “Pandora’s box” of data breaches facing healthcare companies, according to a new white paper from cybersecurity solutions firm Celerium.
Data breaches are increasing, often leaving executives to feel as if they must choose between protecting patient privacy and protecting business continuity, the authors said.
But leaders can take these steps, according to the paper:
▪ Review or implement new IT security policies. “These policies should specifically address the conflict between privacy (avoiding regulatory fines and class action lawsuits) and disruption to a company, patients, partners, and the industry, which sometimes can be caused by isolation-based containment,” Celerium said.
▪ Advocate for safe-harbor provisions. “Regulators and Congress should formally review this difficult issue and consider creating safe-harbor provisions,” according to the paper.
The white paper is available for download on the Celerium website.
