We were recently joined by Martin Knight, international sales manager for privileged access management at Imprivata, to take us through some of the findings from HTN’s survey on healthcare network management, which asked respondents a series of questions about their organisation’s current practices around managing third-party access, covering onboarding, deprovisioning, audit trails, and more.
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Due to the sensitive – and therefore valuable – patient data they hold, healthcare organisations have long been a highly attractive target of external security threats. That vulnerability was historically highlighted during the 2024 breach of Change Healthcare, the largest data breach ever reported. As a result of the attack, the protected health information of some 190 million individuals was compromised, and business operations were severely hampered.
At a time when security and efficiency are crucial for modern enterprises, business leaders can’t afford to choose one over the other.
Headquartered in California, Forward Advantage, through its im-one initiative, provides identity management solutions to the healthcare industry. We bring together a unique combination of identity management technologies and professional services, offering healthcare organizations with improved information security while increasing convenience for their clinicians to access their information systems.
To combat the escalating proliferation of cyberattacks on healthcare, organisations need to ensure their IT and cyber foundations are sound. This seems like an obvious statement to make, but after 15 years of poor investment in health IT, there’s a lot to do. Andy E, former Director of Connected Nottinghamshire, the first chief cyber security officer for a system STP and most recently the first Chief Cyber Security Officer for an ICS at Birmingham and Solihull explores the key capabilities required to improve things.
At the recent Imprivata HealthCon User Forum, held in Manchester, four CNIOs joined Daniel Johnston MRes RN, Director of Clinical Ops International, ACNIO, NHS CSO at Imprivata, to discuss the highs and lows of the year, and what 2025 might bring.
Dan was joined by: Lucy Weeks, CNIO, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Louise Clarkson, CNIO, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Richard Cox, CNIO, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; and David Nelson, Deputy CNIO, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust