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, he said at the HIMSS23 conference and exhibition Wednesday. 

While budgets and reimbursements are down and payroll is up, there's not enough information security talent to go around even if the …