CISO’s Checklist for Healthcare Acquisition

The CISO in the healthcare environment has an important role to play during a major acquisition—whether they are the target for acquisition, or the acquirer, both face major consequences if information security is overlooked or mishandled during the transition. When the security professionals on each side of the table are involved early and often, the security risks involved with a healthcare acquisition can be significantly reduced, and the probability of a smooth transition and long-term success can be maximized.

Join us to Learn:

The CISO and IT leadership's role during a healthcare acquisition
Security tips for both sides of the acquisition
How to avoid acquisition security “surprises”
How to plan for long term success

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Fred Langston

Executive Vice President, Healthcare Security and Professional Services
CI Security

Bio info: With over 24 years of professional information security experience advising healthcare and other critical industries...

With over 24 years of professional information security experience advising healthcare and other critical industries on projects to create effective strategies, enterprise security and data protection programs, governance models, and a set of effective, proven business and security processes that are in use at hundreds of companies today, Mr. Langston has long been at the forefront of information security. He participated in the working group that drafted the proposed HIPAA security rule, has led the security sessions at HIMSS, was formerly on the HITRUST Alternate Controls Committee and was in the working group that created SIG and the AUP for the Banking IT Security (BITS) Forum, Financial Institutions Shared Assessments Program (FISAP).

Mr. Langston has created extensive product and service technical and marketing content such as White Papers, industry presentations, market analysis as well as developed organizations and the associated operations teams for these high availability, security-critical applications, networks, and systems.

Michael Hamilton

Founder and President
CI Security

Bio info: Michael Hamilton, CISSP, has 30 years of experience in information security, as a practitioner, consultant,...

Michael Hamilton, CISSP, has 30 years of experience in information security, as a practitioner, consultant, executive and entrepreneur. As former Chief Information Security Officer for the City of Seattle, Michael managed information security policy, strategy, and operations for 30 government agencies. Prior, Michael was the Managing Consultant for VeriSign Global Security Consulting and in that role provided expertise for hundreds of organizations, from Fortune 100 to small private colleges, and in nearly every sector.

Michael is former Vice-Chair for the DHS State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Government Coordinating Council. His awards include Member of the Year with the Association of City and County Information Systems (ACCIS), and Collaboration Award from the Center for Digital Government. Michael recently served as a Policy Advisor for the State of Washington Office of the CIO.