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WEBINAR WEDNESDAY BY JOHN WALLACE
WEBINARS ADDRESS HOT TOPICS T
he successful and informative Webinar Wednesday series is back for its sixth season in 2020. The series saw growth throughout 2019 and continues to be a valuable resource for healthcare technology management professionals in the new decade. The first two sessions of 2020 touched on some hot topics including cybersecurity.
DEVICE SECURITY ADDRESSED The recent webinar “Steps to Build an Effective Medical Device Cybersecurity Program” provided information and attendees were eligible to receive 1 credit from the ACI. The session was sponsored by Asimily. The webinar featured Asimily CEO Shankar Somasundaram. He discussed the key elements needed to build an effective medical device cybersecurity program. His talk provided valuable information, both for organizations who are starting on the topic of medical device security as well as for organizations who are already deep into this topic. The webinar attracted 160 attendees for the live presentation. A recording of the webinar is also available for on-demand viewing. Attendees gave the session high marks in a post-webinar survey and answered the 28
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question “What did you like most about today’s webinar?” “I like learning about cybersecurity since I have limited experience with it,” said S. Sirois, BMET III. “Good points on security, I still need to work more with IT to establish what is acceptable without compromising security and still be able to take advantage of using advances in technology,” shared L. Munoz, BMET III. “A good broad-based overview on creating a cybersecurity plan for medical equipment management,” said C. Rodriguez, MSET II. “Easy-to-read slides with pertinent information, and the speaker was very knowledgeable on this topic,” said R. Sable, product manager. “The webinar presentation provided insight into what data is needed and how to gather that data to help reduce cyber risks,” Biomedical Systems Analyst L. Riley said. “It gave me more insight on the importance of cybersecurity and the need to have HTM get more involved,” said H. Hunter, owner. “Speaker was passionate and kept my interest during the description of each of the steps,” said C. Ramos, BESS. “Loved the nuts and bolts approach,” said R. Womack, CBET. ADVANCING THE IMAGING PROFESSIONAL
