Healthcare and healthcare IT was already in the midst of massive change. Accelerated by COVID, the intersection of digital technologies and healthcare was highlighted as a critical infrastructure issue for both patients and our society. From her own career to healthcare IT in general to issues of privacy, security, and the evolving cybersecurity threat landscape, Allison covered the gamut.

• Share a brief background on your career / role

• Share a brief background on your organization and your view on health care delivery through the lens of benefits/coverage and technology-enabled services

• How does the CISO role interact with the executive leadership and specifically your CTO/CIO? How is cybersecurity seen from the organizational perspective?

• What technology trends either accelerated in their deployment or were delayed as a result of COVID-19’s impact on the healthcare industry, hospitals, and care providers?

• What do you see as the biggest opportunities for the CISO role in 2021 and beyond? Any big changes this past year?

• How has the threat landscape changed in the last year, the last few months? Specifically, how are the recent ransom-ware attacks changing operations and approaches?

• How do you manage the avalanche of data and information while simultaneously ensuring its privacy/security? Has innovation changed the dynamic between security and accessibility? Are information technology and benefits part of an evolving “digital hippocratic oath”?

• How do you support transformational innovation within the enterprise and simultaneously remain responsive to security needs? Are they in tension? Integrated?

• What would be the single most important technological implementation you’ve seen in the past year or two that is having the largest impact on healthcare (both externally and internally)?