Seattle Children’s institutes a data-driven approach to optimize cybersecurity

Health IT professionals in hospitals need to use data from security technologies to create programs that protect their organizations, according to David Severski, manager of the information security programme at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Severski describes it as “data-driven security” and compares it to evidence-based medicine, where treatments are determined by data analysis. Severski leads a team that provides data-driven analyses to upper management to help make decisions based on good knowledge and optimal outcomes.