The June 24 webinar “Securing Connected Medical Devices: The New Hippocratic Oath” was sponsored by Armis and eligible for 1 credit from the ACI.
Armis CISO Curtis Simpson discussed how hospitals and clinics are exploding with new connected medical devices. From infusion pumps to MRI machines, X-ray machines, heart monitors and communication badges, these connected medical devices help clinicians deliver faster, higher quality care. But they also create an attack surface that most healthcare delivery organizations can’t secure. How do you secure medical devices that can’t take an agent or be scanned? How do you detect and stop ransomware attacks? How do you ensure patient safety and hospital operations?
Simpson addressed these challenges and how health care organizations can protect themselves and their patients.
The webinar drew 278 attendees for the live presentation and more have viewed a recording of the session online. Every attendee gained valuable knowledge and a couple of lucky ones won a prize. Michael Swango of Parkview Health, Indiana won a Webinar Wednesday T-shirt given away during the live webinar. Robert Resnicoff of Medstar Union Memorial Hospital in Maryland won a gift card.
Attendees provided feedback via a post-webinar survey that included the question “How much new information did you receive from today’s webinar?”
“Very informative, the presentation was a great source of information,” said G. Benjamin, systems analyst.
“Enough that I’m contacting our IT security team and forwarding the webinar link to leadership above me. Just want to make sure we are doing enough,” Biomed Supervisor S. Keeny said.
“Quite a bit of interesting information about the Alaris pumps that we currently have and are connected wirelessly to the hospital network,” Senior Biomed CBET J. Ribic said.
“I learned a couple of things I didn’t know about medical devices and cyber attacks,” shared J. Medina Melendez.
“Very good presentation, impressed with the product presented,” said F. Yasnowski, CE quality analyst.
“It was a good review of the challenges at hand and brought down to earth what needs to occur to address these challenges,” said R. Resnicoff. senior clinical engineering technician.
‘Some very useful information provided today, especially some of the Urgent 11 information,” HTM Director K. Forsythe said.
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