This man came from the finance industry to spearhead cybersecurity initiatives in healthcare that shift toward cost-neutral cybersecurity practices.
In this episode, Christopher Lau discusses implementing cybersecurity in healthcare, stressing the need to know the current infrastructure and differences between medical devices and industrial control systems. He emphasizes achieving cost-neutrality in cybersecurity through asset prioritization, reflecting on his transition to healthcare and advocating for collaborative, adaptive strategies aligned with business goals.
Tune in to learn about forward-thinking approaches to safeguarding critical healthcare infrastructure and patient data.
Christopher Lau is the Director of Operational Technology Cybersecurity Security and Risk at Advocate Health. Before that, he spent nearly 20 years with GE Capital, leading teams of various sizes in multiple disciplines ranging from business operations information/data governance to operational risk. He is also a published author, releasing The Accidental Project Manager 2.0 in 2019 and The Leader's Journey in 2021. Chris has an MBA and is CRISC, CISM, and CDPSE certified. He lives in the Milwaukee area with his family.