Risk Management at Henry Ford: Why You Cannot Afford to be Wrong

Jane Harper, Director Privacy & Security Risk Management Services, Information Privacy & Security Office, Henry Ford Health System.  This presentation discusses how risk management is a foundation to a robust security program and what happens when risk management goes wrong.  Jane discusses how to incorporate risk into your security framework, and how to look at […]

The New Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Framework and Leveraging NIST

Lowell Kruse, retired CEO, Heartland Health, 2009 Baldrige Award recipient and Baldrige Foundation Board member, and one of the founding Board Members of the Scottsdale Institute, and Al Faber, President and CEO, Baldrige Foundation.  Leveraging the highly successful NIST Cybersecurity Framework and Baldrige Framework concepts, the new Cybersecurity Excellence Builder will be a tool which […]

High Reliability, Quality and Cybersecurity at Texas Health Resources

Ron Mehring, CISO, Texas Health Resources. Numerous industries that deal with life safety issues and critical infrastructure have adopted high reliability organizational principles and quality management to help manage risk and reduce negative outcomes.  During this presentation, Ron covers high reliability based strategies and quality management techniques and how they can be used to drive […]

Cybersecurity of the Medical Internet of Things: FDA Postmarket Cybersecurity Guidance Update

Russell L. Jones, Partner, Raj Mehta, Partner, Deloitte Consulting, LLP, and Phillip M. Englert, National Director Technology Operations - Physical Asset Services, Catholic Health Initiatives. There has been a lot of interest and discussion on BioMed device security over the last couple of years.  As part of cybersecurity concerns, Boards are asking questions on this […]

Conclusions and Recommendations on Provider Cybersecurity, Part II

Mac McMillan, FHIMSS/CISM, Chairman & CEO, CynergisTek, Inc. Cyberattacks in 2016 targeted at provider organizations proved that they have the capability to disrupt operations for prolonged periods of time. These attacks are not only expensive for the institutions affected, but also disrupt their ability to treat and serve patients. Mac discusses the future of cybersecurity […]

Cybersecurity Challenges of Connected Medical Devices

Robert Maliff, Director Applied Solutions, ECRI Institute. Medical devices are no longer just standalone systems at the bedside, but are now connected to other devices and the electronic medical record system to aid in documentation and real-time patient care decisions. While hospitals often have policies and practices related to information technologies security, the diverse world […]

Being Cyber Resilient in the World Today at Ascension

Duane Hopkins, National Security Operations Director, Ascension Health. In today's world, cyber-attacks are on the rise, attackers are increasing the level of sophistication causing the landscape to shift at a very rapid pace.  Organizations need the ability to anticipate, withstand, and recover from attacks on critical resources and evolve their supporting infrastructures to improve those […]

Rebooting Healthcare Information Technology Downtime Management at Spectrum

Julie Bulson, DNP, MPA, RN, NE-BC, Director, Emergency Preparedness, and Burt Smith, Director, Enterprise Operations, Spectrum Health.  The information technology department has worked closely with the emergency preparedness department to design a major incident management system that closely resembles the hospital incident command structure assisting in a rapid response to IS incidents while improving communication […]

Lessons Learned from a CyberCrime: The Unfortunate Realities of our Time

Satish Maripuri, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Nuance Healthcare.  The very nature of cyberattacks is changing; they are faster, more sophisticated and potentially more destructive. As the severity of incidents increases, the knowledge to address the technical aspects and leadership skills to manage through an attack have never been more important. After successfully managing […]

Blockchain Technology at Saint Lukes Health Network

Chad Brisendine, VP/CIO, St. Luke's University Health Network, and Rob Faix, VP Technology Services, Impact Advisors, LLC, introduce the fundamentals of blockchain technology, practical application, impacts, and benefits to the healthcare industry.  Blockchain technology, most notably associated with the digital currency Bitcoin, continues to be explored as a technology framework for the trusted sharing of […]

Reducing Medical Device Cybersecurity Risks at Mayo

Kevin McDonald Kevin McDonald, Director of Clinical Information Security, Mayo Clinic. Weak cybersecurity safeguards in medical devices have the potential to impact patients, care delivery processes and a healthcare organization's IT network. To reduce the risk, healthcare delivery organizations need to have a formalized risk-based process to assess and manage their medical devices. Kevin discusses […]

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Cyber Student Staffing Boosts Productivity, Narrows Cybersecurity Workforce Gap at Sentara

Daniel Bowden Daniel Bowden, VP & CISO, Sentara Healthcare. With a recent report from The Center for Cyber Safety and Education predicting a shortage of 1.8 million information security workers by 2022, health systems across the country are already grappling with the constraints of fewer people to defend and protect crucial hospital and patient data. […]

How to Prepare for the New, Fast-Approaching General Data Protection Regulations

Rob Faix Rob Faix, VP Technology Services, and Shefali Mookencherry, Principal Advisor, Impact Advisors LLC. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is going to take US healthcare organizations to a different level for privacy and security practices. These organizations will need to think beyond the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other US regulations. […]

Blockchain Technology at Saint Lukes Health Network, Part II

Chad Brisendine Rob Faix Chad Brisendine, VP/CIO, St. Luke's University Health Network, and Rob Faix, VP Technology Services, Impact Advisors, LLC, share their latest thoughts and experiences as St. Luke’s continues to explore the practical uses of blockchain technology in the healthcare industry. Use cases, challenges, next steps, blockchain vendors generating buzz in the industry, […]

DevSecOps at Spectrum

Sean Henkel Sean Henkel, Director IS, and Barry D. Nowak, Senior Domain Architect, Spectrum Health.  In this discussion Barry and Sean share Spectrum Health’s 4-year DevSecOps journey.  The effort emerged in 2015 with the creation of an automation team supporting agile fixed teams which led to the emergence of lean scaled agile teams in April […]