Cybersecurity in Healthcare: The Fundamentals

WHY CYBERSECURITY MATTERS TO YOU

Cybersecurity is no longer just the responsibility of the IT department.

Healthcare organizations depend on electronic health records, connected medical devices, networks, and enormous amounts of sensitive patient information. A security failure can compromise patient privacy, disrupt operations, damage an organization's reputation, and even affect patient care.

Yet cybersecurity can seem complicated—especially if you don't work in IT.

That's exactly why I created this course. You don't need to become a cybersecurity expert, but if you work in or around healthcare, you should understand the fundamentals. I'll take a subject that can seem highly technical and break it down into concepts that make sense—Plain & Simple.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

We'll start with the basics of cybersecurity and then explore how organizations control and authenticate access to their systems and information.

You'll learn about:

• Why cybersecurity has become such an important healthcare issue

• How organizations control and authenticate access

• Passwords—and why they remain both essential and vulnerable

• Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and security devices

• Biometrics—using something you are to prove your identity

• Modern authentication approaches, including FIDO

• Phishing and spam—and why people remain an important part of cybersecurity

You'll also have a quiz and practical assignment to reinforce what you've learned.

CYBERSECURITY—PLAIN & SIMPLE

This course is designed for healthcare professionals, managers, students, and business professionals who aren't cybersecurity specialists but need to understand the subject. No technical background is required.

My approach is practical rather than highly technical. I spent 35 years designing, developing, and bringing medical technology to market, progressing from engineering leadership to VP of Marketing and ultimately president of a healthcare IT company. I've also spent many years teaching graduate-level university courses.

My goal isn't to turn you into a cybersecurity expert. It's to help you recognize the risks, understand the terminology, ask better questions, and play your part in protecting your organization and its patients.

Want to continue learning? My companion course, Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Threats & Real-World Cases, explores malware, ransomware, HIPAA, vulnerabilities, and actual cybersecurity incidents.