In this episode of the Cybersecurity at ViVE series is on The Beat Podcast, host Sandy Vance sits down with Chad Alessi, Managing Director of Cybersecurity at CTG, for a wide-ranging conversation about what it really takes to protect healthcare organizations in today's threat landscape. With a background spanning chemical engineering, the U.S. Marines, energy sector Operational Technology security, and IT consulting, Chad brings a unique cross-industry perspective to healthcare cybersecurity. From the difference between cybersecurity and cyber resilience to the rise of AI-powered attacks, this episode is packed with practical insights for healthcare leaders who want to stay ahead of what is coming.
In this episode, they talk about how:
- Cyber resilience focuses on operational continuity when an attack happens, not just prevention
- Breaches resolved within 200 days can save organizations over $1 million
- Bad actors often sit idle inside networks for months, collecting data before launching an attack
- Baseline requirements are identity-first security, including multi-factor authentication (MFA) and privileged access management
- Human-only Security Operations Center (SOC) models are too slow to keep up with today's automated, AI-powered attacks
- CTG uses Microsoft's Unified Security Operations (SecOps) platform to eliminate tool sprawl and improve response time
- Zero-trust architecture is expanding from department-level to enterprise-wide in healthcare
- New HIPAA regulations now require provable network segmentation for legacy medical devices
- AI-assisted security operations will continue to grow in the next few years
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