
A Medical Device Cybersecurity Summit hosted by the North Carolina Biomedical Association (NCBA) will be held Monday, April 23 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
“A hot topic in the HTM community is medical device security,” according to a Facebook event page posted by NCBA. “With ever-changing legislation and the need to secure networks, health care facilities are leaning more and more on HTM professionals to provide assurance and security to medical equipment touching the hospital networks. The NCBA is proud to host a summit for providing educational information around medical device cybersecurity.”
Guests presentingat the summit include InterMed Director of Information Security Jon Benedict and Novant Health Medical Security Analyst Benjamin Archambaul. Also presenting will be a representative from Zingbox discussing its technology that can automatically inventory networked medical equipment and detect security issues.
The cost for attendance is $50 for NCBA members and $100 for non-members. Space is limited so register early if you plan to attend. The day will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. with breakfast and lunch provided.
Summit information and the registration link may be online at http://www.ncbiomedassoc.com/Classes.aspx