Take a newspaper or open your news portal and you will likely encounter a story detailing a data security tragedy within the health care industry. One would consider that the health care sector would not require worrying about cybersecurity. Or perhaps these tragedies are because of the many cybersecurity jobs going unfilled? Both of those assumptions would be wrong.
HIPAA
2015 was the year of the health care data violation in the U.S. Like a punch in the nose, the health care sector has been stung and is a bit bloodied, but it is yet in the ring.
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is working closely with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to deal health care security. They are taking a bite out of covered entities with the enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule.
Cybersecurity Jobs and Infrastructure
One might hope that private practices and pharmacies are of such diminutive size that outsourcing IT infrastructure would be prudent from a cybersecurity perspective. One might also consider that hospitals, outpatient services and health plans/insurers would have substantive resources to not merely have a CISO, but to also have cybersecurity experts on hand.
Entities of all sizes are in the hunt for qualified personnel. Considering open position requirements, one sees the requirement for qualified security personnel for the cybersecurity jobs. According to Modern Healthcare, more than 50,000 positions posted in the year 2014 needed applicants have the crown jewel of security certifications: the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
That might be tough, as there are just under 68,000 persons in the U.S. who have gained their CISSP certification. The health care sector competes against all other industries for those individuals.
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