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person next to you . But today , you have to outrun several bears .”
This is the stark reality of working to protect the biotech company which is not only fighting against COVID-19 but also works on crime scenes to unlock DNA . One of the most notable cases being the OJ Simpson trial . As the world leader in such fields as ultrapure DNA and RNA extraction , processing and analysis , QIAGEN dwarfs its nearest competitors .
Opportunistic attacks For an organisation that strives to provide its customers with the tools and services needed to get valuable insights from samples and supports pharmaceutical development during a global pandemic , you have to ask the question : Why does anyone want to target an organisation working in this humanitarian field ?
According to Schatz , they are mostly opportunistic but the cyber attackers tend to target the same industry until they are successful which is one of the reasons they have got together with Health-ISAC , a health information sharing , and analysis centre , to work together to try and avert future attacks .
“ Attacks on QIAGEN will often be opportunistic in nature . If we expose
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HOW HEALTH-ISAC IS FOCUSED ON THREAT ACTORS
Health ISAC , ( Health Information
Sharing and Analysis Center ), is a global , non-profit , member-driven organisation offering healthcare stakeholders a trusted community and forum for coordinating , collaborating , and sharing vital physical and cyber threat intelligence and best practices with each other .
Health-ISAC is a trusted community of critical infrastructure owners and operators within the Healthcare and Public Health sector ( HPH ).
The community is focused on sharing timely , actionable , and relevant information including intelligence on threats , incidents , and vulnerabilities that can include data such as indicators of compromise , tactics , techniques , and procedures ( TTPs ) of threat actors , advice and best practices , mitigation strategies , and other valuable material .
84 October 2021