HIMSS24 CISA’s Deputy Director Stresses Need for Cyber-Safe Hardware and Software

Healthcare Innovation April 8, 2024
Pietje Kobus

During the annual HIMSS conference, CISA’s deputy director cautioned the audience on the state of cyber in healthcare

Deputy director for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Nitin Natarajan spoke last month on the state of cybersecurity in healthcare at the annual HIMSS conference in Orlando.

In a cybersecurity preconference, he informed the audience that the CISA represents sixteen interdependent sectors. As Natarajan explained the threat landscape, he expressed that there has been a change in the adversary and victim landscape. For adversaries, it’s easier to attack. “There are now attacks in rural areas,” he said, “the combination is precarious.”

Natarajan advised pushing the industry to create safe products. “Security should be built into devices,” he noted. He cautioned...

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