This interview is part of a series powered by HLTH to highlight key insights and perspectives from leading executives speaking at VIVE.
The inherent challenge of making healthcare data more accessible to more institutions is that it can also make this information more vulnerable without the right protection, whether that’s in the form of a clear set of institutional protocols, cybersecurity technology, effective staff training or all of the above. Ransomware attacks accounted for nearly 50% of all healthcare data breaches in 2020, according to a report from the Department of Health and Human Services Cybersecurity Program.
Lauren Boas Hayes
Cybersecurity will be an important topic at the the ViVE conference by HLTH and CHIME scheduled for March 6-9 at the Miami Convention Center in Miami Beach. One of the speakers scheduled to present on this topic is Lauren Boas Hayes, a senior advisor for Technology and Innovation with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA). In response to emailed questions, Hayes discussed some of the work her organization is doing to address cybersecurity threats to healthcare in the U.S.
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