Groups Aim to Strengthen Health Ecosystem Incident Response

Greg Garcia of Health Sector Coordinating Council Discusses National Cyber Exercise Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • March 10, 2026 8 Minutes

Healthcare sector entities badly must do better when dealing with disruptive cyber events, especially incidents that have industrywide impact, said Greg Garcia, executive director of cybersecurity of the Health Sector Coordinating Council.

The HSCC and the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center are hosting in July a two-day joint national cybersecurity tabletop exercise for the health sector to test enterprise and cross-sector response and recovery, including impacts to critical functions and patient safety, Garcia said during an interview with Information Security Media Group during the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society 2026 conference in Las Vegas.

Regulated health sector players - including insurers, pharmaceutical companies, device makers and healthcare providers - are urged to participate, whether or not they ...