Technology advancements in healthcare has vastly improved patient care, data management, and operational efficiency. But they’ve also opened the floodgates to greater risks. For MemorialCare’s VP of IT and CISO Kevin Torres, ensuring the security of biomedical devices and user knowledge are ongoing priorities in order to never miss a beat.
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The global healthcare cybersecurity market is set to reach $58.4 billion by 2030, according to statistics portal Statista, by virtue of the healthcare industry being under increasing attack. And in KnowBe4’s 2024 International Healthcare Report, the global healthcare sector experienced 1,613 cyberattacks per week in the first three quarters of 2023, nearly four times the global average.
For Kevin Torres, trying to modernize patient care while balancing considerable cybersecurity risks at MemorialCare, the integrated nonprofit health system based in Southern California, is a major challenge. To put what Torres is dealing with in context, MemorialCare has over 14,000 physicians and employees using connected devices, and runs more …