cybersecurity

A strong asset and vulnerability management posture for all organizations – no matter the size – is the key to survival against ransomware attacks, says Katie Moussouris, founder and CEO of Luta Security.

When it comes to threat detection, AI enables security leaders to do more with less because it can process data quickly and identify anomalies, says Etay Maor, chief security strategist at Cato Networks.

While decentralizing healthcare data using blockchain can potentially bolster organizations' cybersecurity, Matt Murren, CEO of True North ITG, cautions that quantum computing may one day crack blockchain's ciphers.

Cybercriminals invest heavily into developing new attacks, so Eric Liederman, CEO of CyberSolutionsMD, recommends that healthcare organizations take a proactive security stance and build strong resilience and recovery plans.

Amid rising cyberattacks, Michael Gross, Cleveland Clinic's manager of cybersecurity intelligence, says third-party vendors present an inherent risk that is difficult to defend against, making internal preparedness crucial.

Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, says she believes strong governance and psychology-based training can help healthcare organizations combat social engineering cyberattacks that exploit workers' instinct to help.

The company says it partnered with child psychologists to develop an online safety platform for individuals and families to protect children from "technology's negative effects."

Tom Leary, HIMSS SVP and head of government relations, details four key areas HIMSS is focused on this year: AI, cybersecurity, digital health transformation and workforce development.  

AI models used to enhance cybersecurity include supervised, unsupervised machine learning and genAI that can take complex data and distill it down to something human-readable, says Etay Maor, Cato Networks' chief security strategist.

Bernke Papenburg, program manager of Robotics at Rijnstate Hospital in the Netherlands, previews her HIMSS25 talk, where she will discuss the challenges associated with deploying digital technology in a hospital setting.