Temple Health

Temple Health faced intense cybersecurity challenges from third-party risks, affecting key healthcare operations. The CISO, Hugo Lai, highlighted issues stemming from breaches at partners such as Change Healthcare, potentially impacting claims processing and EHR system operations. They experienced vulnerabilities related to business continuity due to dependencies on vendor partners. While no specific data leak has been reported, the discussion suggests the need for enhanced security measures including network micro-segmentation and auditing of backups, implying a significant threat to the reliability of patient care services and critical healthcare systems.

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": "tem808100224",
"linkid": "temple-university-health-system",
"type": "Vulnerability",
"date": "7/2024",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Temple Health',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Vendor Partner Breaches',
 'description': 'Temple Health faced intense cybersecurity challenges from '
                'third-party risks, affecting key healthcare operations. The '
                'CISO, Hugo Lai, highlighted issues stemming from breaches at '
                'partners such as Change Healthcare, potentially impacting '
                'claims processing and EHR system operations. They experienced '
                'vulnerabilities related to business continuity due to '
                'dependencies on vendor partners. While no specific data leak '
                'has been reported, the discussion suggests the need for '
                'enhanced security measures including network '
                'micro-segmentation and auditing of backups, implying a '
                'significant threat to the reliability of patient care '
                'services and critical healthcare systems.',
 'impact': {'operational_impact': 'Significant threat to the reliability of '
                                  'patient care services and critical '
                                  'healthcare systems',
            'systems_affected': ['Claims Processing', 'EHR Systems']},
 'lessons_learned': 'Enhanced security measures including network '
                    'micro-segmentation and auditing of backups are necessary.',
 'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': ['Network Micro-Segmentation',
                                                   'Auditing of Backups'],
                            'root_causes': 'Vulnerabilities related to '
                                           'business continuity due to '
                                           'dependencies on vendor partners'},
 'response': {'network_segmentation': 'Network Micro-Segmentation',
              'remediation_measures': ['Network Micro-Segmentation',
                                       'Auditing of Backups']},
 'title': 'Temple Health Cybersecurity Challenges from Third-Party Risks',
 'type': 'Third-Party Risk',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Business Continuity Dependencies'}