A former Services Australia cybersecurity manager has joined the Department of Health and Aged Care as Chief Information Security Officer.
David Lang, national manager for cyber operations at Services Australia, is also deputy secretary of cyber security at DOHAC.
He replaces Monique Morgan, who was promoted to assistant secretary of business systems.
Lang also had a stint at the Australian Electoral Commission as Assistant IT Commissioner and Director of ICT Infrastructure.
THE GREATER CONTEXT
Lang’s appointment comes as the Department of Health focuses on cybersecurity following major data breaches reported in the healthcare industry in recent years.
“The department has a focus on implementing best practice cybersecurity processes and has an in-flight cybersecurity program. The role of the CISO supports this continuous improvement,” a DOHAC spokesperson said in a statement. Healthcare IT news.
The DOHAC recently announced that it will pilot the “long-awaited” Information Sharing and Analysis Centre, an information sharing network on cyber threats to the Australian healthcare system. About $4 million was set aside in the budget to launch this network, which has existed in the banking and financial sector for years.
The country saw it in May one of the largest ransomware attacks in Australian healthcare, affecting almost 13 million people. The impact was so severe that MediSecure, which previously offered national e-prescription delivery services, went into administration in June.
The healthcare and medical industries were subject to stricter cybersecurity regulations just two years ago, forcing them to create cybersecurity incident response plans and conduct vulnerability assessments.
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