Integrating ‘code dark’ into healthcare emergency response

CHICAGO – It’s the most valuable data on the dark web, and with 76% of healthcare organizations paying the ransoms, “we’re funding the attacks ourselves,” said Nate Lesser, Children’s National Hospital’s vice president and CISO.

Ransomware is the chief concern keeping hospital and healthcare cybersecurity officers up at night, Lesser said at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition here on Wednesday. 

While budgets and…