Privacy & Security

From clinical engineering at UConn to cybersecurity and tech innovator, Christopher Falkner, a 2024 HIMSS Changemaker award recipient and Sodexo's senior director of digital strategy and cybersecurity, talks about his career path and the importance of protecting medical devices.  

Witty confirmed he made the decision to pay $22M in ransom to protect patient information.

Patient and plan members' information was reportedly shared through tracking codes on its websites and apps. 

Technological innovation can be an asset rather than a burden if developers listen to their frontline people, says Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, president of the American Medical Association.  

The company has also confirmed that files containing personal health information were compromised in the breach.

Such a plan is essential to ensure operations continue during a digital disruption, says Tony Black, global director of healthcare, privacy and digital transformation at Kyndryl.  

Medical device manufacturers are often late in making a patch available, allowing perpetrators to get a foothold into the system, says Richard Staynings, chief security strategist at Cylera.  

Poorly controlled cloud environments, growing access to systems, heightened regulatory scrutiny and significant deals activity will require healthcare CISOs, CIOs and other security leaders to bolster the defenses.

Max Rogers, senior director of security operations center at Huntress, discusses reasons behind the rise in healthcare cyberattacks, the structure of many ransomware groups and why there isn’t one universal best response for every cyberattack.  

The introduction of a command center that looks at efficiencies and finances has been a key driver in the Middle East, says Sam Amory, managing director for the Middle East and Africa at Dedalus.