As we approach 2025, critical infrastructure industries will undergo significant digital transformation driven by technological advancements and evolving security challenges. Technologies that enhance both cybersecurity and user efficiency are being prioritized to shape the frontline workforce of the future.

With cyberattacks surging in sophistication and frequency, and 87% of CISOs and tech executives increasing security spending by 2025, IT leaders face mounting pressure to keep pace with both threats and competition.

Recently, Imprivata’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sean Kelly, spoke on a Surescripts panel, “Combating the Opioid Epidemic,” about the role that technology can play in fighting opiate abuse and fraud. 

Below is a recap of the discussion from Surescripts’ Chief Administrative & Legal Officer, Paul Uhrig, and a video with highlights from the panel.

Technology is a powerful weapon in the fight against opioid abuse

By Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative & Legal Officer, Surescripts

If you are receptive to the ideas of the Jericho Forum security thinktank, then you may well accept its view that organisations can no longer rely on the firewalls that used to mark the extent of their control over IT infrastructure. Of course, in most cases the firewalls are still there.

The number of server-hosted virtual desktops in healthcare is up 39% compared to last year, and server-based computing is up 23%. Furthermore, 30% of 211 IT leaders responding to a survey from Imprivata indicated that they are using cloud computing today, up from 9% at this time last year.