Can Health Systems Afford to Overlook the CISO Role?

Healthcare organisations face around 500,000 cyberattacks each day, prompting the industry to prioritise information security and prompt communication about evolving threats with top management teams. Most firms have installed a chief information security officer (CISO) to monitor such risks continuously and devise appropriate response measures. CISOs require a wide-ranging set of skills to interact with all healthcare system leaders, according to Zach Durst, a consultant at leadership advisory firm WittKieffer.