In an ever-evolving threat landscape, mitigating ransomware attacks and expanding access to telehealth are main priorities for IT experts in the health sector, said Benjamin Koshy, chief information security officer (CISO) for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service.
“The main concern we’re seeing now is protecting against ransomware, [and] how we can do that while still providing an acceptable level of patient care,” Koshy said at AFCEA Bethesda’s New IT Frontier event on Feb. 16…
Koshy explained that a majority of customers that utilize Indian Health Services live in the Midwest in rural areas that don’t have fast and efficient internet access.
“Having the robust technology that still provides access to those people to get services while still maintaining security is one of our priorities. Protecting against ransomware is the other,” he said… Read the full article here.