HANYS Marketplace Partners with Censinet to Transform Cyber Risk Management and Protect Patient Safety and Care Delivery
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HANYS Marketplace partnered with Censinet to bring the RiskOps™ platform to healthcare organizations, transforming cyber risk management with automation and collaboration.
Censinet RiskOps™ is a cloud-based, HIPAA-secure risk exchange that automates third-party and enterprise risk management to strengthen cybersecurity and protect patient safety.
The partnership addresses the growing threat of ransomware and cyberattacks, providing healthcare organizations with an affordable, efficient solution to mitigate risks and safeguard care delivery.
Censinet reduces risk assessment completion times to less than 10 days, with reassessments taking only a few hours.
Censinet offers self-assessment tools for NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) and “freemium” support for HHS Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP) to improve cybersecurity maturity.
Censinet RiskOpsTM delivers total automation for third-party risk management to strengthen cybersecurity and protect patient care from lethal cyber threats
BOSTON, MA AND ALBANY, NY, Jan. 10, 2023 – HANYS Marketplace® today announced its partnership with Censinet®. This partnership will bring Censinet RiskOpsTM to HANYS member organizations to transform cyber risk management with a fully automated solution for third-party and enterprise risk management.
With ransomware now a direct threat to patient care, providers are scrambling to find affordable, efficient and effective cybersecurity solutions.
Purpose-built for healthcare, Censinet RiskOps is the first and only cloud-based, highly-secure risk exchange for managing cybersecurity. It enables healthcare organizations to collaboratively share and manage cyber risk data to significantly reduce third-party and enterprise risk and protect patient safety from malicious cyber threats.
“As many health systems have learned the hard way, cyber risk is patient risk,” said Ed Gaudet, CEO and founder, Censinet. “With ransomware now a direct threat to patient safety, the time to transform cybersecurity is now. Censinet’s unique, highly-secure risk exchange enables all healthcare industry participants to efficiently and effectively strengthen cybersecurity to protect patient care from sophisticated cyber threats.”
Censinet RiskOps delivers total automation and actionable insights across all third-party and enterprise risk management workflows, processes and operations. With a Digital Risk CatalogTM of over 34,000 vendors and products, automated corrective action plans, real-time portfolio management and board-ready reporting, healthcare organizations can continuously manage and mitigate third-party risk from vendors and products across the entire contract lifecycle, from procurement to renewal and retirement.
Censinet’s automated workflows reduce risk assessment completion times down to less than 10 days, with reassessment times reduced down to less than a few hours ─ the industry’s fastest solution.
“We are excited to partner with Censinet and offer its solution to our member organizations as providers continue to be targeted by malicious cyberattacks,” said Al Campanella, executive vice president, HANYS Marketplace. “Censinet offers an affordable, effective solution for third-party risk management that brings together providers, payers and vendors to manage and mitigate the cyber risks that threaten care delivery every day across our membership.”
Censinet offers self-assessment and automated action plans for National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) to improve cybersecurity program maturity and offers “freemium” support for the HHS Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices to improve cyber hygiene. Censinet recently conducted a landmark initiative, The Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study, co-sponsored by the American Hospital Association and KLAS Research, to establish robust peer benchmarks across NIST CSF and HICP, key cybersecurity performance indicators.
About HANYS Marketplace
HANYS Marketplace, a for-profit subsidiary of the Healthcare Association of New York State, connects healthcare organizations across the care continuum with trusted, best-in-class products and services to help achieve efficiencies, cost savings and delivery transformation. Uniquely tuned in to the issues that keep healthcare leaders up at night, HANYS Marketplace is constantly evolving to offer best-in-class solutions that meet the most pressing needs of healthcare providers today. To learn more, visit hanysmarketplace.com.
About Censinet
Censinet, based in Boston, Massachusetts, takes the risk out of healthcare with Censinet RiskOpsTM, the industry’s first and only cloud-based risk exchange of healthcare organizations working together to manage and mitigate cyber risk. Purpose-built for healthcare, Censinet RiskOps delivers total automation across all-third party and enterprise risk management workflows and best practices. Censinet transforms cyber risk management by leveraging network scale and efficiencies, providing actionable insight, and improving overall operational effectiveness while eliminating risks to patient safety, data and care delivery. Censinet is an American Hospital Association Preferred Cybersecurity Provider. Find out more about Censinet and its RiskOps platform at censinet.com
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Censinet contact:
Justyn Thompson
617-221-6875
HANYS contact:
Janae Quackenbush
Director, Public Affairs and Media Relations
518-431-7770
jquacken@hanys.org
Key Points:
What is Censinet RiskOps™, and how does it transform cyber risk management?
Censinet RiskOps™ is the healthcare industry’s first and only cloud-based, HIPAA-secure risk exchange. It automates third-party and enterprise risk management workflows, processes, and insights, enabling healthcare organizations to collaborate on managing cyber risk data. This transformation strengthens cybersecurity, mitigates risks, and protects patient safety from cyber threats like ransomware.
Why is the partnership between HANYS Marketplace and Censinet significant?
HANYS Marketplace partnered with Censinet to offer its RiskOps™ platform to member organizations, addressing the urgent need to combat ransomware and cyber threats. This partnership provides an affordable, highly automated solution to improve cybersecurity and safeguard care delivery across HANYS member organizations.
How does Censinet improve third-party risk management?
Censinet RiskOps™ delivers total automation for third-party risk management by streamlining workflows and reducing assessment completion times to under 10 days—the fastest in the industry. Reassessments take just a few hours, ensuring continuous risk mitigation. The platform also includes a Digital Risk Catalog™ of over 34,000 vendors and products for real-time management throughout the vendor lifecycle.
What cybersecurity frameworks does Censinet support?
Censinet provides self-assessment tools and automated action plans for the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF), helping organizations improve cybersecurity program maturity. It also offers “freemium” support for the HHS Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP) to enhance cyber hygiene.
How does Censinet protect patient safety from ransomware threats?
Censinet’s platform enables healthcare organizations to strengthen their risk posture by automating cyber risk management and providing actionable insights. By reducing vulnerabilities and improving compliance with key frameworks, Censinet helps prevent ransomware attacks that can disrupt care delivery and endanger patient safety.
What initiatives has Censinet recently launched to support healthcare organizations?
Censinet partnered with the American Hospital Association and KLAS Research to conduct the Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study. This initiative establishes peer benchmarks for cybersecurity performance indicators, NIST CSF coverage, and HHS HICP practices, empowering healthcare organizations to enhance their cybersecurity strategies.
What benefits does the HANYS-Censinet partnership bring to member organizations?
The partnership provides HANYS member organizations with access to an affordable and effective cybersecurity solution. Censinet RiskOps™ unites providers, payers, and vendors on a collaborative risk exchange, reducing third-party risks and ensuring care delivery remains uninterrupted by cyberattacks.
