Temple Health

Temple Health faced a critical situation that involved third-party risks, particularly in the context of cyber attacks on healthcare-supportive entities such as Change Healthcare. Potential breaches could incapacitate essential services like electronic health records, medication dispensing, or claims processing. The impact of such a breach could extend to impediments in patient care services, with prolonged service outages potentially endangering patient health. Temple Health, under the guidance of CISO Hugo Lai, recognized the importance of strategic planning, safeguarding its IT environment against third-party vulnerabilities and implementing advanced cybersecurity strategies such as network micro-segmentation and backup audits to mitigate risks and ensure operational continuity.

Source: https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/cybersecurity/article/55129415/temple-healths-ciso-on-the-top-cyber-concerns-right-now

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/temple-university-health-system

"id": "tem000080524",
"linkid": "temple-university-health-system",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "7/2024",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Temple Health',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': ['Third-Party Risks'],
 'description': 'Temple Health faced potential cyber risks from third-party '
                'entities such as Change Healthcare, which could impact '
                'essential services like electronic health records, medication '
                'dispensing, or claims processing. The impact could extend to '
                'impediments in patient care services, with prolonged service '
                'outages potentially endangering patient health.',
 'impact': {'operational_impact': ['Patient Care Services'],
            'systems_affected': ['Electronic Health Records',
                                 'Medication Dispensing',
                                 'Claims Processing']},
 'lessons_learned': 'Recognized the importance of strategic planning, '
                    'safeguarding its IT environment against third-party '
                    'vulnerabilities and implementing advanced cybersecurity '
                    'strategies such as network micro-segmentation and backup '
                    'audits to mitigate risks and ensure operational '
                    'continuity.',
 'response': {'network_segmentation': ['Network Micro-Segmentation']},
 'title': 'Potential Cyber Attack on Temple Health',
 'type': 'Cyber Attack',
 'vulnerability_exploited': ['Third-Party Vulnerabilities']}