Cybersecurity Act of 2015 Section 405(d) Task Group

In 2015, the United States Congress passed the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (CSA), which includes Section 405(d), Aligning Health Care Industry Security Approaches. In 2017, HHS convened the CSA 405(d) Task Group, leveraging the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Public-Private Partnership. The Task Group is comprised of a diverse set of over 100 members representing many areas and roles, including cybersecurity, privacy, healthcare practitioners, Health IT organizations, and other subject matter experts.

The Task Group convened six times from May 2017 through March 2018 and produced a draft of the Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP): Managing Threats and Protecting Patients publication.

The draft was then “pretested” with over 120 stakeholders (i.e. practitioners/clinicians/non-IT and Information Security/IT professionals) within the healthcare industry in order to gauge usability, practicality, and scalability. The HICP publication will be updated regularly to keep the information on threats faced by the healthcare industry current and relevant. This public-private partnership is part of the ongoing effort to strengthen the cybersecurity posture of the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector.

Task Group Session Meetings

May 22-23, 2017: The CSA 405(d) Task Group held its inaugural session. The Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector leaders began the process of developing voluntary, industry-led and consensus-based guidelines to strengthen the sector’s cybersecurity posture.

June 26, 2017: The CSA 405(d) Task Group participants met to review the May session and to discuss the format for the draft cybersecurity guidelines. The Task Group focused their discussion on potential agenda topics for the next in-person meeting.

July 17-18, 2017: Key findings from the session include an initial set of best practices based on the missions/functions, threats, vulnerabilities and consequences of four healthcare provider communities that the participants of the CSA 405(d) Task Group identified during the first workshop. These illustrative communities include small physician practice, physician practice group, community hospital, and large hospital system.

September 18-19, 2017: The Task Group reviewed and discussed the CSA 405(d) Task Group Annotated Outline content generated by the Flexible Controls and Risk Management Subgroups, and Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity (HCIC) Task Force alignment conducted by the HCIC Alignment Subgroup.

December 11-14, 2017: A series of virtual sessions were held with members of the CSA 405(d) Task Group to discuss the final format for the publication.

March 26, 2018: The CSA 405(d) Task Group convened for a one day session to ratify the draft of version 1.0 of the publication—Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients (HICP)—for pretesting.

CSA 405(d) Task Group Members

Last Name	First Name	Title	Organization
Adams	Kenneth	Senior Vice President, Cyber Security	New Wave
Alicea	Michael	Chief Information Officer (CIO)	B I Group/Synergy Health Svs
Alvarez	Bayardo	Director, Information Technology	Boston Pain Care Center
Anastasiou	Peter	Director, Security Strategy	Tufts Health Plan
Anderson	Carl	Vice President (VP)	HITRUST
Barrera	Connie	Director, Information Assurance (IA) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)	Jackson Health System
Barrett	Lee	Executive Director	Electronic Healthcare Network (EHNAC)
Belfi	Catherine	Manager - Emergency Management and Enterprise Resilience	New York University Langone Medical Center
Blanchette	Karen	Executive Director	PAHCOM
Blass	Gerard	President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)	Comply/Assistant
Bollerer	Chris	Supervisory IT Specialist	HHS/OIS
Bontsas	Jeff	VP and CISO	Ascension Information Services
Bowden	Daniel	CISO	Sentara Healthcare
Branch	Robert	Director, Information Systems and Technology	Munroe Regional Medical Center
Carr	Joseph	CIO	New Jersey Hospital Association
Castillo	Janella	Junior Information Security Analyst	HITRUST
Chaput	Robert	CEO	Clearwater Compliance LLC
Chua	Julie	HHS Security Risk Management Division Manager	HHS/OCIO/OIS
Cline	Bryan	VP, Standards and Analytics	HITRUST
Cofran	Wendy	CIO	Natick VNA/Century Health Systems
Coughlin	Jeff	Senior Director, Federal and State Affairs	HIMSS
Coyne	Andrew	CISO	Mayo Clinic
Csulak	Emery	CISO	HHS/CMS
Cullen	Mike	Senior Manager	Baker Tilly
Cummings	Allana	CIO	Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Curran	Sean	Senior Director	West Monroe Partners
Curren	Stephen	Director, Division of Resilience	HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Curtiss	Rich	CISO	Clearwater Compliance LLC
Dar	Cristina	Research Officer	HHS/FDA
Davis	Cynthia	CHIO	Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Decker	Erik	Chief Security and Privacy Officer	University of Chicago Medicine
Donat	Terry	Surgeon and Illinois Professional Emergency Manager	CGH Medical Center
Dunkle	Stephen	CISO	Geisinger Health
Durbin	Kenneth	Strategist, Certified Information Systems Security Professional	Symantec
Echols	Mike	CEO	IACI - International Association of ISAOs
Edmonson	Vladimir	Chief Privacy Officer & Senior Compliance Director	Ohio Health
Etherton	Anna	IT Specialist (INFOSEC)	DHS/CS&C
Farabella	Helena	National Chairperson	PAHCOM
Finn	David	Health IT Officer	Symantec
Fleet	Eli	Director of Federal Affairs	HIMSS
Frederick	Michael	VP Operations	HITRUST
Goldman	Julian	Clinician: Attending Anesthesiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School	Harvard Med
Goldstein	Eric	Branch Chief, Partnerships and Engagement	DHS CS&C
Gomez	John	CEO	Sensato
Gorme	Craig	IT Security Manager	UF Health and Shands Hospital
Grillo	Jorge	CIO/VP Facilities, Safety, Security, Construction and EVS	St Lawrence Health System
Heesters	Nicholas	Health Information Privacy Security Specialist	HHS/OCR/HIPAA
Hicks	Andrew	Managing Principal	Coalfire
Hinde	William	Managing Director	West Monroe Partners
Holtzman	David	VP, Compliance Strategies	CynergisTek, Inc.
Jackson	Helen	Program Analyst	DHS/CS&C
James	Bruce	Director of Cybersecurity Architecture	Intermountain Healthcare
Jarrett, MD	Mark	Chief Quality Officer, Association Chief Medical Officer	Northwell Health
Jobes	Kathy	VP and CISO	Ohio Health
Kacer	Wendy	Sr. Director, Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance	Dignity Health
Kim	Lee	Director of Privacy and Security	HIMSS
Klein	Sharon	Partner	Pepper Hamilton
Krigstein	Leslie	VP, Congressional Affairs	CHIME
Lacey	Darren	CISO	John Hopkins
Lee	Wayne	Chief Cybersecurity Architect	West Monroe Partners
Levy	Leonard	VP and CIS	Spectrum Health
Love	Talvis	Senior Vice President (SVP), Enterprise Architecture, eCommerce and CISO	Cardinal Health
Maksymow	Michael	VP and CIO	Beebe Healthcare
Marquette	Casey	Sr. Director, Information Security (INFOSEC)	CVS Health
McAllister	Guy	VP and CIO	Tift Regional Medical Center
McDonald	Blair	IT INFOSEC Analyst	HHS/OS/OCIO
McLendon	John	VP and CIO	Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Nonneman	Lisa	IT Director	Mary Lanning Healthcare
Nordenberg	Dale	Executive Director	MDISS
Palmer	Dennis	Sr. Assurance Associate	HITRUST
Quinn	Jessica	SVP, Chief Compliance Officer	Ohio Health
Quinn	Matthew	Sr. Advisor, Health Technology	HRSA
Riethmiller	Erika	Director, Corporate Privacy Incident Program	Anthem
Ross	Aftin	Senior Science Health Advisor	FDA.HHS/OCIO/OIS
Royster	Curtis	IT Specialist	DC Government/Department of Health Care Finance
Savickis	Mari	VP, Federal Affairs	CHIME & AEHIS
Savoie	Don Savoie	Chief Operating Officer (COO)	Meridian Behavioral Health Center
Schwartz	Suzanne	Associate Director for Science and Strategic Partnerships	FDA.HHS/OCIO/OIS
Shaikh	Munzoor	Director	West Monroe Partners
Siler	Kendra	President	CommunityHealth IT
Skinner	Rich	Head of Strategy and Business Development - Cyber Security	West Monroe Partners
Smith	Philip	President	MedMorph LLC
Stephens	Timothy	Sr. Advisor	Biologics Modular
Stevens	Deborah	VP and CISO	Tufts Health Plan
Stine	Kevin	Chief of the Applied Cybersecurity Division	NIST
Tennant	Rob	Director, HIT Policy	Medical Group Management Association
Teyf	Daniel	Security Architect	Colorado Governor's Office of IT, Office of Information Security, CISO
Thomas	Mitchell	Chief Security Officer	HealthSouth, Inc.
Tierney	Logan	Project Manager	Greater New York Hospital
Todd	Nickol	Deputy Director, Division of Resilience	HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Voigt	Leah	Chief Privacy and Research Integrity Officer	Spectrum Health
Wang	May	Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder	ZingBox
Watson	Kelli	Cybersecurity Operative and Researcher	Sensato
Webb	Tim	Partner	InfoArch Consulting, Inc.
West	Karl	CISO	Intermountain Healthcare
Wheatley	Cathleen	System Chief Nurse Executive and VP of Clinical Operations	Wake Forest Baptist Health
Willis	David	Medical Director	Heart of Florida Health Center
Wilson	Chad	Director of Information	Children's National Health System
Wilson	Kafi	Principle/CEO	KWMD LLC
Wivoda	Joe	Sr. Director of Healthcare at Analysts	Analysts
Wolf	Laura	Supervisory Program Analyst	HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Worzala	Chantal	VP, Health Informtion Policy	American Hospital Association
Wright	Michael	Sr. Manager	Baker Tilly
Zigmund-Luke	Marilyn	Vice President	America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)

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This page last reviewed: March 06, 2019