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FEATURE / CYBERSECURITY
DETECT And
PROTECT
An increasingly technology-dependent world
aims to enable children's hospitals to operate
more effectively and efficiently. But with that
comes increased risk of cyberattacks that
can infiltrate their networks and disrupt their
operations-even threaten the health of children.
Here's what children's hospital leaders should
know to protect their systems and patients.
By Megan McDonnell Busenbark
I
t's a call no IT leader wants to get. We've been breached.
Heather Nelson found herself on the receiving end of that
dreaded call in December 2021 when her hospital's workforce management
vendor was compromised by a ransomware attack, crippling
their payment systems. " Fortunately, it wasn't a clinical care or a medical
device vendor, but people still needed to get paid. It was the end
of the year; the holidays were here, " says Nelson, M.H.A., senior vice
president and chief information officer at Boston Children's Hospital.
From there, Nelson and her team sprang into action. Pipelines to
and from the vendor were shuttered. The business continuity team
was convened, and next steps were planned-including moving to paper
payments and manual processes while employee badges and time
clocks were down. " We had to scramble, but it was our number-one
priority, " Nelson says. Though the outage was a major inconvenience,
it served as an important reminder: The cybersecurity threat is real
and constant; the importance of vigilance is paramount.
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