title: Cyber risk and privacy liability: a click in the right direction?
abstract: Cyber risk and privacy exposure exert an impact upon virtually every aspect of a healthcare organization (HCO)--assets, clinical operations, finances and reputation. Exposure is enterprise-wide and includes risk to both physical and non-physical assets in increasing degrees. The consequences of a cyber attack or privacy breach could be operationally and financially catastrophic, so an HCO's move toward an enterprise-wide approach at identifying and minimizing risk, cyber and privacy liability should be on the radar screen for risk managers and leadership.
authors.affiliation: Integro Insurance Brokers, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: McDonough
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007351:Insurance, Liability; D007857:Leadership; D016365:Liability, Legal; D018907:Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States