--- title: "TOPIC COLLECTION: Cybersecurity - Interbit Data" description: Recent cyberattacks on healthcare facilities have had significant effects on every aspect of patient care and organizational continuity. They highlight the need for healthcare organizations of all sizes and types to implement cybersecurity best practices and conduct robust planning and exercising for cyber incident response and consequence management. As the number of cyberattacks on this sector increases, healthcare practitioners, facility executives, information technology professionals, and emergency managers must remain current on the ever-changing nature and type of threats to their facilities, systems, patients, and staff. The resources in this Topic Collection can help stakeholders better protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from cyber threats, ensuring patient safety and operational continuity.  image: https://21178601.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21178601/Imported_Blog_Media/Screen-Shot-2019-06-10-at-2_44_16-PM-e1560192443758-1.png --- [Skip to main content](https://interbitdata.com/blog/topic-collection-cybersecurity#main-content) [Knowledge Base Login](https://knowledge.interbitdata.com/en/knowledge)     [Support](https://interbitdata.com/support/) [![Interbit Logo](https://21178601.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21178601/Interbit%202026/Interbit%20Logos/logo-interbit-retina-svg.svg) ![Interbit Logo](https://21178601.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21178601/Interbit%202026/Interbit%20Logos/logo-interbit-retina-svg.svg)](https://interbitdata.com) - [Show submenu for Solutions Solutions](https://interbitdata.com/solutions/beacon) - [Beacon Downtime](https://interbitdata.com/solutions/beacon/downtime) - [Beacon Delivery](https://interbitdata.com/solutions/beacon/delivery) - [Beacon Navigator](https://interbitdata.com/solutions/beacon/navigator) - [PatientPath](https://interbitdata.com/solutions/patientpath) - [Blog](https://interbitdata.com/blog) - Show submenu for Resources Resources - [Events](https://interbitdata.com/resources/events/) - [Resources](https://interbitdata.com/resources/success-stories/) - Show submenu for About Us About Us - [Meet the Team](https://interbitdata.com/about/team) - [Partners](https://interbitdata.com/about/partners) Open main navigation Close main navigation - Show submenu for Solutions Solutions - Solutions - [Solutions](https://interbitdata.com/solutions/beacon) - [Beacon Downtime](https://interbitdata.com/solutions/beacon/downtime) - [Beacon Delivery](https://interbitdata.com/solutions/beacon/delivery) - [Beacon Navigator](https://interbitdata.com/solutions/beacon/navigator) - [PatientPath](https://interbitdata.com/solutions/patientpath) - [Blog](https://interbitdata.com/blog) - Show submenu for Resources Resources - Resources - [Events](https://interbitdata.com/resources/events/) - [Resources](https://interbitdata.com/resources/success-stories/) - Show submenu for About Us About Us - About Us - [Meet the Team](https://interbitdata.com/about/team) - [Partners](https://interbitdata.com/about/partners) - Search - [Request a Demo](https://interbitdata.com/request-a-demo) [Request a Demo](https://interbitdata.com/request-a-demo) Search [Blog](https://interbitdata.com/blog) Tags - [Healthcare Information Systems](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/healthcare-information-systems) - [IT Challenges](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/it-challenges) - [Business Continuity](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/business-continuity) - [Cybersecurity](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/cybersecurity) - [Company News](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/company-news) - [Cyberattack](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/cyberattack) - [Cyberattacks](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/cyberattacks) Search - [Healthcare Information Systems](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/healthcare-information-systems) - [IT Challenges](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/it-challenges) - [Business Continuity](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/business-continuity) - [Cybersecurity](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/cybersecurity) - [Company News](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/company-news) - [Cyberattack](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/cyberattack) - [Cyberattacks](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/cyberattacks) [Business Continuity,](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/business-continuity) [IT Challenges,](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/it-challenges) [Healthcare Information Systems,](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/healthcare-information-systems) [Cyberattacks,](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/cyberattacks) [Cybersecurity](https://interbitdata.com/blog/tag/cybersecurity) # TOPIC COLLECTION: Cybersecurity by [Alex Konstantinovsky](https://interbitdata.com/blog/author/alex-konstantinovsky) May 10, 2017 ##### U.S. Department of Health & Human Services TRACIE Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Information Gateway Recent cyberattacks on healthcare facilities have had significant effects on every aspect of patient care and organizational continuity. They highlight the need for healthcare organizations of all sizes and types to implement cybersecurity best practices and conduct robust planning and exercising for cyber incident response and consequence management. As the number of cyberattacks on this sector increases, healthcare practitioners, facility executives, information technology professionals, and emergency managers must remain current on the ever-changing nature and type of threats to their facilities, systems, patients, and staff. The resources in this Topic Collection can help stakeholders better protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from cyber threats, ensuring patient safety and operational continuity.  *This Topic Collection was updated in May 2017.* Each resource in this Topic Collection is placed into one or more of the following categories (click on the category name to be taken directly to that set of resources). Resources marked with an asterisk (\*) appear in more than one category. 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