--- title: UnitedHealth, Ascension Attacks Feed Debate Over Health... description: Ransomware attacks on UnitedHealth and Ascension highlight the need for stronger health care security measures. The White House plans to issue proposed rules... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/unitedhealth-ascension-attacks-feed-debate-over-health-care-security-gtdtcha1y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: UnitedHealth, Ascension Attacks Feed Debate Over Health Care Security | daily.dev og:description: Ransomware attacks on UnitedHealth and Ascension highlight the need for stronger health care security measures. The White House plans to issue proposed rules... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/unitedhealth-ascension-attacks-feed-debate-over-health-care-security-gtdtcha1y og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gTdtChA1y.png og:image:alt: UnitedHealth, Ascension Attacks Feed Debate Over Health Care Security og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # UnitedHealth, Ascension Attacks Feed Debate Over Health Care Security **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ransomware attacks on UnitedHealth and Ascension highlight the need for stronger health care security measures. The White House plans to issue proposed rules to establish minimum cybersecurity standards for hospitals. The American Hospital Association argues for voluntary security practices rather than enforced standards. Health care organizations are major targets for cybercriminals due to the value of their data. Proposed solutions include implementing a HealthRAMP security framework modeled after FedRAMP. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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