Privacy & Security
In a preview of her HIMSS23 session, Florence Hudson, executive director of Columbia University Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub, describes the Clinical Internet of Things, a new IEEE spec designed around trust, identity, privacy, protection and safety.
Tom O'Neil, managing director of Berkeley Research Group, says boards need to think hard about how machine learning models are approved and deployed, since big issues related to safety, efficacy and transparency are at stake.
What are the proportionate roles of people, process and technology as providers build defense strategies in a fast-changing threat landscape? Anurag Lal, NetSfere CEO and past director of the FCC's National Broadband Task Force, offers his perspective.
Connected-device intelligence is critical on high-volume hospital networks. Jeffrey Vinson, CISO of Harris Health System, and Jim Hyman, CEO of Ordr, explain the value of situational awareness for IoMT security.
Federal policies and technologies can help with risk mitigations, says Robert Anderson, Jr., CEO of Cyber Defense Labs, who discusses those resources. He also sizes up the value of cyberinsurance as ransom payments get more frequent.
Harmonizing HIPAA with interoperability, third-party compliance and data usability are among the priorities this year for Rita Bowen, a member of the Sequoia Project board of directors and MRO vice president.
Wolfgang Mertz, CTO for Unstructured Data Solutions, says Dell Technologies is helping healthcare providers consolidate data – which enables easy access to precision medicine and supports cyber protection strategies.
Ed Gaudet, CEO and founder of Censinet, says collaboration is key as organized crime shakes down healthcare – resulting in dangerous diversions of care, patient data compromise and loss of resources.
KLAS Research and Censinet analysts seek to align healthcare cybersecurity collaboration with a new benchmarking study for 2023.
Anita Allen, professor of law and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, says "data sharing is the new health ethic," in a preview of her keynote address at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.