Chief Healthcare Executive September 8, 2025
T.J. Ramsey

When users, including C-suite executives, are exempt from aggressive social engineering, they can become complacent and one of the weakest links in your defense perimeter.

In the Pink Panther movies. Inspector Clouseau would have his assistant Cato intentionally launch unexpected karate attacks to make sure the inspector was always ready for surprise encounters.

That’s what healthcare executives need to be doing, too: letting seasoned professionals test their readiness for cyberattacks. But unfortunately, most healthcare C-suite execs are exempt from rigorous penetration testing and red teaming that can expose vulnerabilities.

Penetration testing generally does not include social engineering – tempting phishing emails, honey traps, etc. (I firmly believe that penetration testing should include social engineering, but that’s a topic for another...

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