Cyber Resilience and Business Impact in Healthcare: Becoming a Cyber Resilient Organization. A WEDI Privacy & Security Workgroup Spotlight
The pace of innovation is accelerating at tremendous rates. Healthcare organizations must determine the best course for adopting new technologies and balancing the ability to remain operationally resilient.
Cyber resilience calls upon all members of an organization to be prepared and coalesce around continuing operations in the event of an impact to the IT estate. Today, healthcare organizations need to align cybersecurity with business goals to improve innovation, trust, and long-term success.
This presentation examines current cybersecurity issues in healthcare and provides insight from recent research on:
- Why cyber resilience is essential for healthcare cybersecurity
- How healthcare leaders are aligning cybersecurity and business goals
- How AI-driven attacks are expanding and driving the need for readiness
- Why the software supply chain needs attention
The speaker:
Theresa Lanowitz is a globally recognized cybersecurity leader, former Gartner analyst, and former Chief Cybersecurity Evangelist with AT&T Cybersecurity and LevelBlue.
She is the creator of Executive-led Growth, a strategy that emphasizes the importance of business understanding in the cybersecurity market.
With a distinguished career in the technology industry, Theresa has held influential roles at companies including Gartner, Borland, Taligent, and Sun Microsystems, significantly impacting application security and emerging technologies.
Theresa is a globally respected leader known for her deep and diverse experience in cybersecurity. She frequently speaks at major industry conferences, including RSA and Black Hat sharing her insights on market trends, AI integration, and the evolving threat landscape. She’s been published in Forbes, Dark Reading, ISMG, InformationWeek, and more, with her contributions reflecting a deep commitment to advancing cybersecurity practices and fostering innovation within the industry.
Theresa holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.