Patient safety, service continuity and organizational trust are all on the line. For healthcare CIOs, CISOs and compliance leaders, regulatory alignment is no longer enough to defend against today's reality: ransomware that halts care delivery, legacy systems vulnerable to attack, and AI that's both a tool and a threat.

In this session, Edward Higgins, executive director of security and compliance at Quisitive, draws on two decades of experience advising CISOs and government agencies to expose the critical gap between regulatory alignment and real-world resilience. With insights from front-line engagements across hospitals, payers and life science firms, he makes the case for a new model - one where cyber resilience is embedded in every decision, from clinical systems to cloud infrastructure.

This session will also cover:

• Zero trust implementation strategies for healthcare identity and data protection;
• Phishing prevention through positive security awareness culture building;
• Tech debt remediation and persona-based access controls for clinical environments.