Free Software Engineering Institute Webinar Focuses on Securing Information in the Health Care Industry: Network Security, Incident Management, and Insider Threat

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- As the use of electronic health record (EHR) technologies becomes even more widespread, health care organizations face an increasing level of risk. A free webinar presented by researchers in the CERT Program of the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute explores the effects of the new regulations on the health care industry as well as the increasing risks of insider threat within organizations.

The Health Information Technology for Economic Clinical Health Act (HITECH), a component of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, has mandated the widespread adoption and use of EHR technologies.  

In the 90-minute webinar on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. EDT, Greg Porter, a CERT visiting scientist, SEI Partner, and health care information security expert, and Randy Trzeciak, a senior member of the technical staff at CERT and insider threat team lead, will present strategies for helping health care organizations strike the proper balance between maximizing the opportunities of EHR and prudent, cost-effective mitigation of security risks.

During the Securing Information in the Health Care Industry: Network Security, Incident Management, and Insider Threat webinar, Porter and Trzeciak will discuss

• essential elements that health care technology executives should consider in order to secure patient information and systems from external threats
• synergies between HITECH's breach notification requirements and incident response programs
• key factors influencing an insider's decision to act
• the technical and non-technical indicators and precursors of malicious acts
• countermeasures that could improve the survivability and resiliency of the organization.

One of the primary goals of the CERT Program is to educate organizations about the appropriate use of technology, systems, and organizational management practices to mitigate attacks (both internal and external) on networked systems, limit damage, and ensure the continuity of critical services in spite of cyber-related incidents, accidents, or failures.

For more information, or to register for the Securing Information in the Health Care Industry: Network Security, Incident Management, and Insider Threat webinar, visit http://www.sei.cmu.edu/events/webinars/index.cfm?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=510032&WT.mc_ev=click.

About the Software Engineering Institute

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense and operated by Carnegie Mellon University. The SEI helps organizations make measurable improvements in their software engineering capabilities by providing technical leadership to advance the practice of software engineering. For more information, visit the SEI website at http://www.sei.cmu.edu.

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