The future success of moving to a smart hospital is understanding the risk. Risk should be an open transparent conversation between stakeholders of the future hospital. With an increase in interconnected devices that allow for more remote care the protection of the central brain of the hospital is critical. Change takes time and education. If we consider current cyber threats that healthcare as an industry faces one might ask what does it really mean to be secure? Security is not a permanent achievable state, it is temporal and fluid. Technology in healthcare is ever-changing and along with that, there should be a clear understanding of the risks. Breaches happen almost daily around the world specifically within healthcare. As a highly targeted industry, how do we effectively deal with these breaches, what is the estimated downtime? This talk explores the current state of responses to breaches, and potential solutions with a focus on education and disaster planning for not if but when it happens.

The talk outline:

1. The current state of cyber breaches in healthcare and the responses and downtime.

2. The landscape and challenges of securing the current and future hospital.

3. Vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and the unknown in healthcare ICT.

4. Dealing with cyber security breaches as a patient safety issue rather than a cyber-first problem.

5. Transparent communication and information sharing of cyber breaches within healthcare.

6. Solutions