Becker's Healthcare December 27, 2022
Cybersecurity dominated healthcare news in 2022; high-profile data breaches and cyberattacks showed that healthcare organizations’ cybersecurity postures are increasingly tied to their financial bottom line.
Becker’s received responses from five chief information security officers on the top trend in healthcare cybersecurity in 2022.
Editor’s note: Responses have been lightly edited for clarity.
Jack Kufahl. Chief Information Security Officer of Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor): I am tempted to say that it was “zero trust washing,” wherein many vendors started overhyping the context and potential value of the concept, but were perhaps overapplying it to their product and service portfolio. At least for me, it quickly came a dog whistle for sales or, in some cases, an outright junk filter key...