Cyber Security Healthcare
& Pharma Summit

Join Cisco Advisory CISO Wolfgang Goerlich for a practical discussion on the promises and the realities of zero trust architecture for the enterprise. Past the buzzwords and lofty promises, can zero-trust strategies help build better defenses where the rubber hits the road? In this talk, you’ll learn which types of organizations are most likely to have adopted zero-trust initiatives and how they are handling their legacy systems and assets.

Today, every company (and CISO) is confronting questions about how AI will apply to them and their industries. Whether it means a significant pivot in their operating models, or an opportunity to scale and broaden their offerings, all organizations – especially healthcare – must assess their readiness to deploy AI responsibly without perpetuating harm to patients and the world at large. In this talk, Cindi Carter will share thought-provoking, actionable advice on this topic for all audiences.

As the healthcare industry becomes more technologically connected, the risk of cyber theft also increases. The two types of theft are outside theft and insider misuse.

• Outside theft: Hackers from a location outside of a healthcare organization penetrate patient and medical systems to steal and collect data, mainly for financial gain. 

• Insider misuse: Insider misuse often comes in the form of theft of patient data for financial gain or malicious intent. Other types of insider misuse include curiosity (unwarranted access to data not related to delivery of care) and convenience (overriding security protocols to make a job easier). Unintentional actions such as human error, including mistyping information into EHRs or clicking on a phishing email, make up the rest of insider misuse cases.

During a ransomware attack, malware is injected into a network to infect and encrypt sensitive data until a ransom amount is paid. This malicious software is usually injected into a system through a phishing attack. Ransomware attacks are a growing threat amongst healthcare providers according to an analysis last year. More than 1 in 3 healthcare organizations globally fell victim to a ransomware attack in 2022. The reason for its prevalence is that hackers understand how critical it is for the healthcare sector to minimize operation disturbances. During a ransomware attack, healthcare victims panic, fearing the regulatory consequences that follow the theft of patient data.