Hear from AHA’s Cybersecurity and Risk Experts

Both cyberthreats and physical threats to the hospital environment pose significant risks to patient safety and functions throughout the enterprise. Not only do these incidents shut down physical security and business operations, but they also shut down life-critical technology — causing maximum delay and disruption to patient care. To manage these interconnected challenges, it’s critical to make cybersecurity and physical security part of existing governance, risk management, and business and clinical continuity frameworks and strategies.

Read the latest AHA Cyber & Risk Intel blog for cybersecurity and risk insights and guidance from AHA National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk John Riggi and Deputy National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk Scott Gee.

For help with Cybersecurity and Risk Advisory Services exclusively for AHA members, contact:

John Riggi

National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk, AHA

(E) jriggi@aha.org
(O) 202-626-2272

Scott Gee

Deputy National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk, AHA 

(E) sgee@aha.org
(O) 202-626-2305 

Blogs

Physical threats and cyberthreats are intertwined challenges that pose risks to your entire enterprise. Learn ways to respond from AHA Deputy National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk Scott Gee.
Examine the top cyber and risk threats and opportunities facing health care in 2025 in this blog by John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk.
John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, outlines available cybersecurity resources vital to protecting rural hospitals from cyberthreats.
John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, provides insight into 2024’s health care cybersecurity challenges to help hospitals prepare for the next big cyberattack.
John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, explains why cybercriminals are shifting from directly targeting hospitals to hitting the third-party technology and service providers critical to supporting hospitals’ clinical care. He highlights four key strategies to help hospitals and health systems strengthen their third-party risk management program against the debilitating effects of the next, inevitable Change Healthcare-like cyberattack.
Understand the impact of the Biden-Harris Administration's National Cybersecurity Strategy on health care and its relevance for hospitals and health systems. #BidenCybersecurity
What can your hospital or health system do to proactively prepare for a cyberattack with plans to maintain both business and clinical continuity? Gain insights gleaned from a recent AHA webinar with four health care leader panelists and John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk for the AHA. Read Riggi’s new AHA Cyber Intel blog article to learn four strategies to effectively prepare for a cyberattack.