The Webinar Wednesday presentation “The Simple Guide to MedTech Security” was sponsored by CyberMDX and attendees were eligible to receive 1 credit from the ACI.
Safi Oranski, vice president of business development at CyberMDX, explored the nature of healthcare cyber threats and how they have impacted the current landscape of medical technologies and connectivity vulnerabilities. He talked about the convergence of cybersecurity and MedTech, then expound on the need, the complicating factors, and the routes to better protected medical devices. Attendees where shown a five-step methodology to comprehensively secure medical technology.
More than 200 people attended the live presentation and even more have viewed a recording online. Those present for the live presentation gave positive feedback in a post-webinar survey.
“It was nice to have an honest approach toward securing your network. He was straight forward in identifying all the risks at hand, but he also gave us a road map for regaining control of our network through small steps in a coordinated effort toward security,” explained P. Garon, Biomedical Technical Specialist.
“The webinars keep getting better and better. This one was very timely,” shared C. Nanney, National Quality Manager.
“A fantastic presentation on cybersecurity, one of the most important subjects of the future of healthcare,” said B. Baxter-Brown, BMET.
“This was the best presentation by far in all of the webinars I have attended so far in explaining how complex cybersecurity can be. It was well presented and gave me a much clearer understanding of this matter,” said B. Hayes, CBET Site Lead.
“Very informative webinar. Brought up some interesting points I hadn’t thought of before,” said P. Dorsey, BMET.
“The Webinar Wednesday series is a useful educational tool for our technologists. Although the topics are broad enough that many are not applicable to our specific educational needs, many are very useful and we monitor and recommend them accordingly,” said D. Burrill, Technology Manager Clinical Engineering.
For more information about Webinar Wednesday, including recording of previous sessions and a schedule of upcoming presentations, visit WebinarWednesday.Live.