Why Healthcare Organizations Need a Human-Centered Cybersecurity Playbook
Healthcare cybersecurity is often framed as a technology problem. Buy the right tools, deploy the right platforms, monitor the right dashboards. But the most persistent threats do not live inside a firewall or on an endpoint. They live in the daily decisions made by people working under immense clinical pressure. They can occur in the […]
Leveling Up Healthcare Cybersecurity Teams From “Overwhelmed to Elite”
Many healthcare IT/cyber teams are small and resource-constrained – often on the brink of burnout. They don’t have the headcount of larger organizations, yet they still have the potential to be elite. That’s the topic explored in a new Fortified webinar called “Overwhelmed To Elite: Leveling Up Healthcare Cybersecurity Teams”. The webinar contains helpful tips […]
How Healthcare Organizations Can Stand Out to CISOs
As I travel the country talking with health systems about their security programs, I can’t help but notice that lately there has been an increased focus on security talent. I often find myself in conversations about how to attract and retain sufficient talent to run a comprehensive security program. These discussions encompass the entire security […]
MSSP Partner vs Building In-House Cybersecurity Team
While some healthcare organizations opt to staff their own internal cybersecurity team, a growing number of executives are turning to a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) to coordinate cybersecurity throughout their healthcare facilities. An MSSP offers an alternative approach to staffing your own 24/7 security team, as these organizations specialize in customized cybersecurity and management […]
Alternative Approach to Cybersecurity Staffing Crisis
IT security within the healthcare industry is currently facing a major staffing crisis. Cybersecurity talent shortages have delivered significant blows throughout virtually every vertical, but the healthcare sector has been hit especially hard. A 2017 report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services noted that the employment gap within the healthcare vertical […]
State of Cybersecurity Talent in 2019
Recent reports have confirmed what healthcare directors and HR specialists have already recognized and painfully experienced firsthand throughout 2018: last year’s cybersecurity job market was rife with hiring gaps, transitions, and disruptions. While the past several years have proven challenging for healthcare organizations looking to staff up their internal network security and cybersecurity teams, 2018 […]
Solving the #1 Healthcare IT Security Issue: Turnover
As the IT Security candidate shortage in the medical industry continues to grow, healthcare administrators find themselves faced with a second staffing crisis: turnover. As companies in every vertical compete for the same dwindling talent pool, the healthcare segment has had to navigate an upswing in turnover amongst their cybersecurity professionals. It’s a trend that […]
Entrusting an MSSP With Healthcare IT Assessment
The technology needs of any healthcare organization are constantly changing, forcing administrators to continuously reevaluate whether current systems fully support both patient and process needs. For some healthcare organizations, it’s simply a matter of updating obsolete programs to a more advanced and robust option. However, outdated technology isn’t the only reason medical facilities choose to […]
Human Capital Management: Retaining Healthcare Employees
With IT talent shortages reaching record heights, the healthcare industry is under mounting pressure to not only hire high performing technology employees to manage its mission-critical network security and data loss prevention efforts, but also to retain these staff members once they’ve joined the team. Unfortunately, successfully retaining high-performing employees is proving difficult for organizations […]
How To Triage Your Healthcare IT Security Needs
The term “triage” has a similar definition in healthcare cybersecurity and software as it does in a hospital setting, albeit a very different application. Defect triage, also known as bug triage, is a quality assurance process where a team of designated stakeholders (that may include cybersecurity and data loss prevention specialists) systematically test and assess […]