Best Effort Security

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This timely webinar for health care leaders is a discussion on current security threats and typical organizational solutions for countering those threats. Through a review of current cyber incidents, participants will gain an understanding of why, despite well-designed countermeasures, security incidents and breaches continue to occur. During the session the phrase “best-effort security” will be defined, how “best-effort” leads to security failures, and four areas of focus that will help any organization move from “best-effort” to “effective security.”

Member: $75
Non-Member: $125
Registration includes unlimited connections per registered facility.

Hospital and health system board members, trustees, executive leaders, CIOs, CTOs, legal counsel, compliance officers, and IT security professionals who are responsible for understanding and strengthening their organization’s cybersecurity posture.

  • Contrast between security measures that work as intended and those that fail and associated consequences;
  • Accurately describe what “best-effort security” means in practical terms and explain the difference between “best-effort” security and “effective security”; and
  • Explain four areas of IT security to focus on in order to strengthen organizational security posture.

American College of Healthcare Executives
By attending the Best Effort Security Webinar, offered by Texas Healthcare Trustees, participants may earn up to 1.0 ACHE Qualified Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.

Certified Healthcare Trustees and Leaders Education
The Texas Healthcare Trustees designates this continuing certified healthcare trustee and leader education activity for up to 1.0 contact hours. For more information about the CHTL program, please contact THT at 512-465-1015.

Fernando Martinez, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Chief Digital Officer, Texas Hospital Association

Fernando Martinez, Ph.D., is a career healthcare executive and technologist who has worked with some of the largest healthcare systems in the country. He is a recognized technology and operations expert with a history of developing innovative and transformational strategies for organizations of all sizes. Dr. Martinez has dual roles at the Texas Hospital Association serving as a corporate Sr. Vice President/Chief Strategy Officer, and President and Chief Executive of the Texas Hospital Association Foundation. Prior to coming to the Texas Hospital Association, Dr. Martinez held CIO roles for multiple healthcare systems and hospitals.