Cloud security roadmap essential for healthcare as off-site threats persist, experts say

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By Jack McCarthy
Health IT News
January 28, 2016

The onset of cloud computing brought with it an information technology 
revolution, allowing organizations to have their IT resources hosted off 
site, reducing their costs and simplifying operations. Unfortunately, the 
move to the cloud did not mean organizations could forget about 
requirements for a successful security profile.

Healthcare organizations making the move to a cloud-centric strategy can’t 
lower their guard on security defenses, said Chris Bowen, founder and 
chief privacy and security officer of ClearDATA, a healthcare cloud 
computing company.

“People may think that by offloading security responsibility to the cloud, 
they won’t have to worry, but that’s not the case,” Bowen said. “We know 
that threats exist in the cloud.”

Bowen will discuss this issue at HIMSS16 along with J. Gary Seay, senior 
vice president and CIO of Community Health Systems, Bowen will give a 
presentation entitled, “Developing a Cloud Security Roadmap."

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