Healthcare organizations are expanding their focus beyond cyber defense to build resilience that protects patient care during disruptive incidents. The Change Healthcare cyberattack exposed the risks of vendor concentration, third-party dependencies and inadequate business continuity planning, demonstrating that organizations must prepare to operate through failure rather than simply prevent attacks. Strong governance, executive support and coordinated planning across healthcare ecosystems help reduce operational, financial and clinical disruption. Organizations also are strengthening vendor oversight, conducting regular tabletop exercises and improving collaboration across regional partners to build long-term resilience.

In this session, you will learn:

• How third-party concentration risk affects healthcare operations and patient care;
• Why business continuity plans and tabletop exercises strengthen cyber resilience;
• How executive buy-in, vendor accountability and regional collaboration improve preparedness.