Government Information Security Podcast Podcast

Government Information Security Podcast

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Exclusive, insightful audio interviews by our staff with government/security leading practitioners and thought-leaders. Transcripts are also available on our site!
Getting a Firmer Grip on AI Privacy Concerns in Healthcare
Artificial intelligence technologies offer tremendous promise in healthcare, but it's crucial for organizations to carefully assess the complex data privacy concerns involved with different types of AI products and deployments, said Karen Habercoss, chief privacy officer at UChicago Medicine.
Jun 17, 2024
Managing Chaos in Massive Healthcare Sector Cyberattacks
The chaos experienced by thousands of healthcare organizations in the wake of the massive Change Healthcare cyberattack and IT outage in February is proof that most organizations are simply unprepared for such devastating incidents, said Bryan Chnowski, deputy CISO at Nuvance Health.
Jun 14, 2024
The Dangers of Over-Relying on Too Few Critical Vendors
Many healthcare organizations have discovered major gaps in business operations preparedness - the ability to quickly rebound from major IT disruptions, such as those caused by the Change Healthcare cyberattack. Jigar Kadakia, CISO of Emory Healthcare, said it's time to come up with a Plan B.
Jun 14, 2024
How the Growing Demands of Healthcare Are Complicating Risk
Healthcare is increasingly complex and interconnected, and the push to exchange more digital patient information among providers adds to the threat of busy staff falling victim to phishing and other scams that can jeopardize data, said Krista Arndt, CISO of United Musculoskeletal Partners.
Jun 14, 2024
Learning From Others' Gaps in the Wake of Major Attacks
It's critical for CISOs to study what went wrong in major ransomware IT disruptions and breaches hitting the healthcare sector and to look closely within their own organizations for similar gaps or vulnerabilities, said Michael Prakhye, CISO of Adventist HealthCare.
Jun 13, 2024
Ransomware: Disruption of Hospitals and Nearby Facilities
A study investigating the impact of ransomware attacks on hospitals and the ripple effect on nearby facilities is a call to action for policymakers to seriously address how those assaults can be better handled in the health sector, said researchers Rahi Abouk and David Powell.
Jun 12, 2024
Collaborative Security: The Team Sport Approach
By decentralizing the ownership of cybersecurity and increasing security consciousness among everyone in the organization, businesses can improve their security posture, said Dom Lombardi, the vice president of security and trust at Kandji. He discussed the concept of collaborative security.
Jun 7, 2024
What's in Biden's Security Memo for the Healthcare Sector?
A recent White House memo on bolstering the security and resiliency of critical infrastructure sectors calls for comprehensive mapping and risk assessment of all critical components and interdependencies within the healthcare ecosystem, said Greg Garcia of the Healthcare Sector Coordinating Council.
May 31, 2024
Silver SAML Threat: How to Avoid Being a Victim
Semperis researcher Eric Woodruff discovered Silver SAML - a new technique used to launch attacks from an identity provider against applications configured to use it for authentication. How does it differ from Golden SAML, and how can enterprises respond to the threat? Woodruff shares insight.
May 20, 2024
The Challenges in Keeping Medical Device Software Updated
Updating software as new vulnerabilities are discovered persistently remains a top medical device cybersecurity challenge, said David Brumley, a cybersecurity professor at Carnegie Mellon University and CEO of security firm ForAllSecure. Solving this requires a major mindset shift, he said.
May 6, 2024
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