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Guest Episode: Cyber Threats Facing Healthcare, Optum Impact, Ransomware, AI and Automation

In this Special Guest Episode of ShadowTalk, host Chris and one of ReliaQuest's CISOs Rick Holland are joined by University of Kansas Health System (UKHS) CISO Michael Meis to discuss the latest news in cyber security and threat research. Topics this week include:

  • Significant threats facing healthcare: Ransomware, accidental insiders
  • The influence of COVID on ransomware activity
  • The immediate and long term impact of the Optum breach
  • The importance of understanding your revenue cycle to weather the storm of a breach
  • Methods of maintaining engagement and retaining staff
  • AI and automation: Improving timeliness and efficiency of incident response
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