Esmond Kane

Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
Partners Healthcare

Esmond Kane is the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer in the Partners Healthcare Information Security and Privacy Office. In this role, Esmond is responsible for the operational component of the "Lighthouse" program, a radical transformation in Partners approach to security and privacy risk management. Prior to Partners, Esmond spent 10 years helping to guide improvements in IT delivery and information security in various roles in Harvard University. Before Harvard, Esmond spent 10 years in several roles and industries including KPMG and BIDMC. In his spare time, Esmond likes to fret about spare time and annoy people who read bios…

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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP DAY

Monday, January 22nd, 2018

3:45 PM WORKSHOP C: MEDICAL DEVICE CYBERSECURITY IN PRACTICE

Wannacry was the first significant global cyberattack that impacted critical infrastructure in multiple countries. Healthcare was not immune to this attack and medical systems across the globe were affected, most notably the UK National Health System. Healthcare cybersecurity attacks rose 320% from 2015 to 2016 according to Healthcare IT News. As the world increases its connectivity creating the Internet of Things, cybersecurity becomes increasingly crucial to robust operation of critical infrastructure. Medical devices are critical to healthcare organizations being able to provide safe and effective care. Medical devices also pose unique challenges since they touch nearly every facet of healthcare delivery including clinicians, patients, biomedical engineering personnel, information systems personnel and infrastructure. Support and maintenance of medical device systems can vary depending on the hospital department, hospital entity, organizational resources and structure and level of support provided by vendors. Design and implementation of security feature-sets and practices can vary by manufacturer and device line.

This workshop brings together experts with diverse experiences representing healthcare delivery organization (HDO) biomedical engineering and information systems and vendor quality, support and security perspectives. The goal of this workshop is to provide an overview of:

What are lessons learned from last year’s cyberattacks?
What is the state of the field of medical device cybersecurity from varying viewpoints?
How do we, as healthcare delivery organizations, vendors and contractors/consultants improve the cybersecurity posture of the medical device ecosystem?