In a panel hosted by BD, three healthcare security professionals discussed the goals and trends of cybersecurity in the field. Eric Decker, Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Intermountain Health, William Landry, Vice President, Technology Innovation at the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Inhel Rekik, Senior Director of Information Security Engineering at BD and Moderator Scott Shindledecker
sat down to talk about malware, cyber defense and how to best mitigate the cyber risk involved with medical devices.
Over the past couple of years, the monetization of ransomware has motivated cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. Whereas data recovery might mitigate the ransomware risk in other industries, in the healthcare sector, the safety net of an encrypted data locker doesn't always solve the problem. When hackers target a medical device, health systems pay the ransom to save a human life, according to Decker.