Sentera guest speaker: Ms Locking 

BLUF: Today in class we had a guest speaker from the medical company Sentera, Ms Locking. The reason why she was here was due to our current topic being biosecurity and how the two correlate. This is what I got from the lecture she told us and what stood out the most.

Career paths

There were two main paths she explained to us were Compliance analysts, the people who constantly update with the new compliances given by the government run corporations. They help enforce and follow the rules and comply with them. Or, a security engineer, the people who are doing the actual coding and making sure that the network is secure for all those who work in the medical space.

Bioscience/security Infrastructure

Infrastructure is starting to switch to IOT devices, even using AI note taking and more usage when using AI, such as finding types of Cancer. It is still a little dangerous if a nefarious person gains access to the system. For AI, it has to show that those devices are compliant to HIPPA standards. MRI devices aren’t cyber secure since they can’t be software updated. They use both older and newer hardware. They can’t fully get rid of the older devices due to the fact they are pivotal devices used for people’s records.

The dangers and potential fixes

The dark web loves to steal your PHI and PPI. They sell your medical data, and can use it to their advantage, all under your name. Some examples they can do is order medication, get surgeries, and change your records, all under your name.  Medical places like to use third-party often when it comes to certain security processes, which is where the nefarious people come in and potentially take your data. Not to mention the most common cyber attack used on hospitals is phishing.  Some examples she gave were using authentication, multi-factor authentication, and even potentially zero trust. As well as making sure all current technology used in hospitals follows policy standards.

Conclusion: The guest speaker was very informative, giving us new information about how cybersecurity crosses over into the medical field. She gave insight into possible jobs I can aim for in the future, as well as some of the risks that come with working in the field of Bioscience/security. I’ll be sure to study up more on the new materials that she gave us.