Episodes

This entrepreneur is revolutionizing healthcare security and healing the devices that heal our patients. In this episode, Shankar Somasundaram, CEO and founder at Asimily explains his company’s focus on securing medical and IoT devices in healthcare. Shankar shares some insights about the origin…

From janitor to founder, this man’s journey is full of insights and risks one can learn from. In this episode, Edward Marx talks about his career journey in the healthcare industry, from his humble beginnings as a janitor to becoming a successful healthcare professional, CEO, and founder of Marx…

Here’s an unconventional path that crosses the video game industry and psychotherapy. In this episode, Howard Scott Warshaw, the Silicon Valley Therapist, reminisces about his early days at Atari, sharing memories of becoming a game developer and, subsequently, a psychotherapist. He highlights h…

Public policy and collaboration play significant roles in healthcare cybersecurity. In this episode, Greg Garcia, Executive Director for Cybersecurity of the Health Sector Coordinating Council, discusses the significance of public-private partnerships in safeguarding critical infrastructure like…

Today’s healthcare cyberspace can be improved with risk management and personnel awareness. In this episode, Karen McMillen, senior risk analyst at Asante, discusses the challenges of managing cyber risks in the healthcare sector, particularly the increasing interconnectivity of medical devices…

Healthcare needs to step up its digitalization and cybersecurity game for the patients’ sake. In this episode, Michael Archuleta, Chief Information Officer at Mt. San Rafael Hospital and Clinics, talks about the successful digital transformation and technological advancements put in place at his…

Secure connections and digital transformation are what Cybersecurity is all about. In this episode, Sam Curry, the Vice President and CISO at Zscaler discusses the company’s strategy of connecting people, devices, and workloads in a secure and detailed manner. Zscaler aims to optimize networking…

Security is a team sport, not a one-man job. In this episode, Chris Logan, Senior Vice President, and Chief Security Officer at Censinet, talks about his career and how, in his current position, he’s seen the company’s security program grow and become more lock-tight for the benefit of all its u…

Sometimes we have to take a leap of faith. In this episode, Sean Kelly shares his journey through emergency medicine roles and several businesses, learning and adopting technology in his practice, and eventually becoming Imprivata’s CMO and SVP of Customer Strategy for Healthcare. Sean has a p…

The United States must take a stronger stance against cyber threats. In this episode, Greg Garneau, Chief Information Security Officer for Marshfield Clinic, talks about cyber risk as a threat health systems face and how tightening security processes and working together helps organizations be p…

Privacy must include risk, not only compliance when doing assessments. In this episode, Karen Habercoss, Chief Privacy Officer at the University of Chicago Medicine, discusses healthcare privacy regarding compliance, working with security teams, and taking more risks for better protection. In h…

The bad guys figured out how to organize cybercrime; now, healthcare needs to manage prevention. In this episode, Dan Dodson, CEO of Fortified Health Security, talks about improving healthcare cybersecurity by collaborating between organizations, sharing best practices and strategies, and even f…

Many small healthcare practices need help catching up to date to protect themselves. In this episode, Karen Blanchette, Executive Director of the Professional Association of Health Care Office Management, talks about her career and how it led her to a role supporting, guiding, and advocating for…

Cyberattacks on hospitals are no joke. In this episode, John Riggi, national advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk with the American Hospital Association, talks about his work to protect healthcare’s cyberspace nationwide and his advocacy in government for policies that address this topic. John use…

To drive digital innovation in healthcare, we must work from many perspectives. In this episode, Aaron Miri, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer at Baptist Health Jacksonville, talks about what drives him to keep improving healthcare with digital solutions in his role…

Buckle up and get ready for this AI model to teach you some lessons. In this episode, host Ed Gaudet has a fruitful talk with Chat GPT. Developed by OpenAI, Chat GPT is an AI language model that generates humanlike, accurate, and helpful resources. Ed asked the tool for advice directed at health…

Understanding the threats is vital to preparing actions against them. In this episode, Lucia Milică Stacy talks about how her passion for securing healthcare information drives her work as Global Resident Chief Information Security Officer at Proofpoint and her participation within the Healthca…

Technology is a tool for care delivery but never a replacement for those who provide it. In this episode, John Halamka, emergency medicine physician, medical informatics expert, and president of the Mayo Clinic Platform, talks about healthcare transformation leveraging AI and ML technologies to …

Cybersecurity should also seek the organization’s resilience. In this episode, Erik Decker, Vice President, and Chief Information Security Officer for Intermountain talk about healthcare cybersecurity within his organization and at a national scale to protect the system from potential threats. H…

Welcome to Risk Never Sleeps! For the first episode of this podcast, host Ed Gaudet welcomes Drex DeFord, Executive Healthcare Strategist at CrowdStrike, who shares deep insights about cybersecurity in healthcare, taking risks, and even his personal life. Drex wound up in cybersecurity after a l…