White House to Push Cybersecurity Standards on Hospitals (3)

The Biden administration intends to require hospitals to meet minimum cybersecurity standards after a single hack exposed the data of 100 million Americans.

“We look to putting in place minimum cybersecurity standards for hospitals in the near term,” Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology, said in an interview at the Bloomberg Tech Summit in San Francisco on Thursday. Neuberger didn’t spell out the time line in which the administration plans to push out the rule.

The proposal may extend beyond hospitals too. The administration intends to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking in coming ...