Inside ASPR’s Efforts to Bolster Federal Health Cyber Resilience

Bob Bastani, Senior Cybersecurity Advisor for Critical Infrastructure, ASPR, HHS

AI-enabled ransomware and emerging cryptographic threats are raising the stakes for healthcare cybersecurity. ASPR’s Bob Bastani outlined strategies for strengthening resilience — from network microsegmentation to robust backup and recovery practices — that can help limit operational disruptions when systems are degraded or taken offline.

Bastani also discussed why incident reporting, cross-sector information sharing and coordination with law enforcement and agencies like Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are critical to protecting the health sector and strengthening national health security.