How to flip a cybersecurity event into building more resources, tech talent

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By Tom Sullivan
Healthcare IT News
October 08, 2018

Security teams will never have upper management’s attention as powerfully 
as they do in the wake of a data breach. But they have to act quickly.

Wait three months and the breach is over: It’s been reported, top 
executives have moved on, and the opportunity to get needed resources will 
be lost.

“Never let a good crisis go to waste,” said Dan Costantino, CISO at Penn 
Medicine. “There’s a small amount of time when you have the opportunity to 
use the security event to make a change.”

Whether that means advancing your security strategy with a bigger budget, 
hiring more talent or deploying new technologies, the hours, days and 
weeks after an incident are a teaching moment, added Theresa Payton, CEO 
of security firm Fortalice Solutions and former White House CIO.

Both Costantino and Payton will be speaking at at the upcoming HIMSS 
Healthcare Security Forum in Boston, scheduled for Oct. 15-16, 2018.

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