AM25-MN-37-L - Computer Systems Under Attack: Cybersecurity Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Monday, October 27, 2025

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

Location: 28

Program Chair(s)

Jessica L. Poisson, MD, MMCi (she/her/hers)

Associate Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine
Duke Health
Durham, North Carolina

Disclosure(s): No relevant disclosure to display

Speaker(s)

Bruce Sachais, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

Chief Medical Officer
New York Blood Center Enterprises
Newark, Delaware

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Proposed Session Description: Every few months, we hear about another company suffering from a cyberattack. Many of us have received the letters from health care entities and other companies we do business with about the potential compromise of our personal data. But what do you do when you are inside a company that is under attack? What can be done to minimize your risk and for prevention? In an ongoing discussion from last years Hot Topic on Cyber Threats in Healthcare, we discuss ongoing threats and security measures for our IT systems and review lessons learned with an institution that has first-hand experience.

Learning Objectives:

Describe common computer based threats and attacks
Discuss how attacks are initiated and potential areas of exposure for a threat
Explain best practices to minimize risk of attack and mitigation strategies if an attack were to occur
Illustrate interventions that worked in a real life situation