The recent Webinar Wednesday presentation “Top 3 Cyber Risk Reductions Your HTM Team Can Start Today” sponsored by Sodexo Healthcare was popular with HTM professionals. The session drew 61 attendees for the live presentation with 119 registered. An on-demand version of the webinar is online at WebinarWednesday.live. This webinar is eligible for 1 credit from the ACI.
The webinar provided HTM professionals in attendance with actionable risk reduction actions for cybersecurity. Biomeds often find that this space is full of governance models, monitoring software and awareness, but does not give onsite technicians guidance on where to start and specific actions to take. Presenter Ryan Gonzalez, Director of HTM Cybersecurity at Sodexo, shared his top three cyber risk reductions. He was joined by Chad Holmes, Security Evangelist at Cynerio.
He also shared additional information via an insightful question-and-answer session. One attendee asked, “If you’re just starting out your data collection, how do you collect all that information without taking too much time from your team?” Another question was, “What do you do when you’re having trouble getting the MDS2 from the manufacturer?” Answers to these questions and more are available by watching the on-demand recording of the webinar at WebinarWednesday.live.
Attendees provided feedback about the presentation via a survey that included the question, “Was today’s presentation worth your time?”
“Yes. I learned many new terms and scenarios that will be helpful, even from a 2- or 3-person perspective,” said Trisa Workman, Site Supervisor, Clinical Engineering, Ohio Health.
“Yes, it was an honest opinion of the state of cybersecurity,” said Robert Maddox, Manager, Agiliti Health.
“Absolutely, and hearing opinions of others on items I know I have to deal with in my current role affords me the ability to get a different point of view, and can open my line of thinking to something I didn’t previously consider,” shared Logan Bundrant, Biomedical Engineering Cybersecurity Technician, Straub Hospital.
“Yes. The two presenters gave very, very practical advice that can be employed by hospitals to lower their risk of malware,” said Ethan Hertz, Clinical Engineer, Duke University Health System.
