The Department of Health and Human Services announced the opening of its Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center over a year after debate over the cyber center's reporting structure caused upheaval at the agency.
Members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are looking into whether the Department of Health and Human services retaliated against two cybersecurity employees who made protected communications to the committee by detailing them to unclassified duties.
Reps. Billy Long, R-Mo., and Doris Matsui, D-Calif., recently introduced the HHS Cybersecurity Modernization Act, which would enable a designated chief information Security Officer to report directly to the HHS Secretary rather than the Chief information officer.