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Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security 2024

Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security 2024

Presentation Materials

This page contains the presentation materials from the 2024 Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security conference. 

October 23, 2024

Morning Presentations

  • Welcome/Introduction: NIST Applied Cybersecurity Division Chief Julie Chua
  • Logistics/Deputy Secretary Palm Intro
    • HHS OCR Deputy Director Tim Noonan
  • Cybersecurity in Healthcare Keynote
    • HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm
  • Healthcare Cybersecurity Threat Briefing
    • HHS Cyber Security Operations Cyber Threat Intelligence Branch Chief Rahul Gaitonde
  • FTC Policy and Enforcement Updates
    • FTC Attorney Division of Privacy and Identity Protection Ryan Mehm
  • Medical Device Cybersecurity
    • FDA Senior Cyber Policy Advisor Division of Medical Device Cybersecurity Jessica Wilkerson
  • Medical Internet of Things and IoT Cybersecurity
    • Moderator: NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Director Kat Megas
    • Panel:
      • FDA Senior Cyber Policy Advisor Division of Medical Device Cybersecurity Jessica Wilkerson
      • NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Technical Lead Mike Fagan
      • Veterans Health Administration Medical Device Networking and Cybersecurity Director Connor Walsh
      • HHS OCR Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity Nick Heesters

Afternoon Presentations

  • NIST Privacy Framework
    • NIST Privacy Policy Advisor Dylan Gilbert
  • NIST SP 800-66r2 + Risk Analysis/Risk Management
    • NIST Applied Cybersecurity Division IT Specialist (InfoSec) Jeff Marron
    • HHS OCR Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity Nick Heesters
  • HHS Cybersecurity Activities
    • Moderator: HHS OCR Deputy Director Tim Noonan
    • Panel
      • HHS ASPR Deputy Director Brian Mazanec
      • FDA Senior Cyber Policy Advisor Division of Medical Device Cybersecurity Jessica Wilkerson
      • HHS ASTP/ONC Deputy National Coordinator Steve Posnack
      • HHS Advisor to the Deputy Secretary Akshay Venugopalan
  • OCR Policy Updates
    • HHS OCR Senior Advisor for Health Information Privacy, Data, and Cybersecurity Policy Marissa Gordon Nguyen
  • Day One Close Out
    • HHS OCR Deputy Director Tim Noonan

October 24, 2024

Morning Presentations

  • Welcome/Recap/Logistics/HHS OCR Director Intro
    • HHS OCR Deputy Director Tim Noonan
  • HHS OCR Keynote
    • HHS OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Keynote
    • HHS Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and Acting Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Micky Tripathi
  • HHS Artificial Intelligence Panel
    • Moderator: HHS Counselor to the Deputy SecretaryErin Szulman
    • Panel
      • FDA Director of Digital Health Center of Excellence Troy Tazbaz
      • CMS Deputy Director for Policy for the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Jeff Wu
      • ASTP/ONC Chief Privacy Officer Kathryn Marchesini
      • NIH Associate Director for Data Science Susan Gregurick
      • NIST AI Innovation Laboratory AI and Cybersecurity Researcher Martin Stanley
      • HHS OCR Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity Nick Heesters
  • Small and Rural Cybersecurity Considerations
    • Moderator: NIST Lead for Small Business Engagement Daniel Eliot
    • Panel:
      • Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan
      • CommHIT Chief Executive Officer Kendra Siler
      • HHS ASPR Director, Healthcare and Public Health Cybersecurity Charlee Hess
         

Afternoon Presentations

  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 + Resources
    • NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Director Cheri Pascoe
  • NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Healthcare Cybersecurity Project Updates
    • Moderator: NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Healthcare Program Manager Ron Pulivarti
    • Panel:
      • CareFirst Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer Rob Suarez
      • MedCrypt Vice President Regulatory Strategy Seth Carmody
      • Mitre Corp. Principal Cybersecurity Engineer Sue Wang
  • Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework)
    • NIST NICE Framework Lead Karen Wetzel
  • HHS OCR Enforcement Update
    • HHS OCR Senior Advisor for HIPAA Compliance & Enforcement Emily Crabbe
  • Conference Close Out
    • HHS OCR Deputy Director Tim Noonan
Created October 29, 2024, Updated October 30, 2024