Cyber Attacks in the Health Care Sector

Health care entities of all types must confront the possibility of serious adverse events to patient safety as a result of a cyber-attack.

Cyber criminals of all types continue to target health care entities because of the wealth of personal information they hold, and because they remain particularly vulnerable to such attacks. As such, counsel, compliance professionals, and IT specialists for health care entities must understand not only how to best prepare for a cyber-attack, but also how to respond when one happens. Unfortunately, it isn't a matter of “if”, but “when” an attack will occur, so health care entities must be ready.

The discussion will focus not only on important legal requirements related to state, federal, and international security incident response and breach notification, but also practical tips for managing the process of responding to such incidents or breaches. The conversation will also include helpful information related to legal issues like: cyber insurance, forensic vendors, attorney-client privilege, regulator investigations, litigation risk, and best practices for incidents and breaches.
 
All legal counsel, compliance team, and IT professionals involved in security incidents or breach responses should attend this program.
 
Learning Objectives:

• Learn the important legal requirements related to state, federal, and international security incident response and breach notification
• Discover practical tips for attorneys when managing the process of responding to such incidents or breaches
• Hear helpful information related to legal issues such as: cyber insurance, forensic vendors, attorney-client privilege, regulator investigations, litigation risk, and best practices for incidents and breaches