Cybersecurity

Developing a better link between cybersecurity and patient-facing services is what Dan Taylor, director of security of NHS Digital, believes is a top priority – a good cybersecurity strategy focused on people.

KPIs, metrics and other must-haves hospitals should track continuously to protect medical and patient data.

It starts with hiring "hardcore cloud animals," to change the culture and rethink infosec’s role in patient experience.

Kirk Lippold, commander of United States Navy (RET), explains how intellectual honesty requires a commitment to sit down with people in the organization to review what happened after a crisis and find a new normal.

While the two federal agencies have worked together on vulnerability disclosures in the past, a new memorandum of agreement will improve coordination.

Despite the healthcare sector’s awareness of medical device flaws, many are still focused on whether a patient has been harmed. But to UC San Diego researcher, emergency medicine provider Christian Dameff, MD, it’s more about retaining patient trust and ensure the technology doesn’t fail.

Brian Selfridge, partner at IT Risk Management for Meditology, also explains the evolving role of infosec leaders in the healthcare sector – including third-party vendor management.