Privacy & Security

With federal direction still unclear, Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, chief strategy officer at DirectTrust, recommends that healthcare organizations collaborate to advance trust and security policies.

HIMSS digital health strategist Philip Bradley said INFRAM stages six and seven have advanced expectations for healthcare organizations, and most have yet to achieve the designation.

Lack of asset management allows attackers to find vulnerabilities so it's critical to cyberdefense to have a full asset inventory, says Katie Moussouris of Luta Security.

Cybercriminals are using AI to hack into systems and are figuring out how to use AI to their advantage, says Etay Maor, chief security strategist at Cato Networks.

Questions abound over what applications should be allowed and the speed of change is outstripping policy, says Matt Murren, CEO of True North ITG.

Healthcare organizations need to invest not only in cyber defense but in preparing for resilience and recovery, says Eric Liederman, CEO of CyberSolutionsMD.

Companies should keep cybersecurity in mind when designing and architecting systems in order to protect themselves when a third-party partner is attacked, says Michael Gross, Cleveland Clinic's manager of cybersecurity intelligence.

The rule is a call to action to strengthen cybersecurity protections, says Ferdinand Hamada, managing director of the healthcare, pharma and life sciences sector at MorganFranklin Cyber.

NIH received backlash after the director announced last week that it would amass private medical records to give to HHS Secretary RFK Jr. 

Swift action was needed after the attack to ensure hospitals got paid and now providers are rethinking their strategy for a more diversified approach, says Karly Rowe, interim president of Inovalon's provider business unit.