While funding and staffing for IT security teams may not be on the rise, the number of third-parties that health systems are using – and thus the number of potential attack vectors into those health systems – is, leaving CISOs in the unenviable position of having to figure out how to more with less, says Alfonso Powers, CISO at Asante. To accomplish that, he’s looking at automation and other technologies. In this interview with healthsystemCIO Founder and Editor-in-Chief Anthony Guerra, Powers goes into detail on how he manages third-party risk, his experiences navigating a ransomware event, and how he tries to ensure a healthy work/life balance for him and his team.
