Preventing a ‘Doomsday’ Healthcare Cyber Event

The healthcare sector needs to continue upping its cybersecurity ante to prevent potentially catastrophic "doomsday" events that could devastate regional healthcare systems, says Erik Decker, a federal adviser who's CISO at the University of Chicago Medicine. He's co-leading an effort to draft a guide to mitigating five key cyber threats.So far, cyberattacks in healthcare have not focused on harming patients. "What hasn't happened yet, but I can foresee happening, is ... terrorism," he says in an interview with Information Security...