The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) is a United States federal law designed to "improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes". CISA was signed into law on December 18, 2015 and allows the sharing of Internet traffic information between the U.S. government and technology and manufacturing companies.  Healthcare-focused enterprises today face growing pressures to ensure privacy and security protections while also enabling faster user access and exploration of new and different types of data sources and greater business control over analytics content. These pressures are stretching the limits of traditional data warehouses and business intelligence tools. As a result, disruptive technologies are emerging that provide greater self-service analytical capabilities and easier, faster data acquisition and preparation for analysis with robust cybersecurity protections.

 At the nexus of this universal pressures, these powerful disruptive technologies lies an unprecedented opportunity for federal enterprises to reap the rewards of transforming their legacy data environment into a modern data environment while maintaining privacy, compliance, and security. This Program will feature notable Federal Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) as well as Federal Chief Data Officer and Chief Analytics Officer across the Federal Health Agencies to help our members delve deeper into the changes that will be sweeping across the agencies and how both government and industry will be affected through the transformation. 

Discussion Topics Include:

• CISA 2015 –Key tenants of the law and implications to the healthcare industry
• Potential changes being considered across the federal Health IT agencies?
• Information sharing and how to protect sensitive and protected health information? 
• Key elements of a roadmap to enable successful transformation and migration from the current legacy state to the modern target state that is secure

Panelists:

• Leo Scanlon, CISSP, Acting Chief Information Security Officer, Department of Health and Human Services (CONFIRMED)
• CDR Alexander Holston, Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Director for Clinical Informatics, Navy Medicine, Bureau of Medicine (CONFIRMED)
• Mr. Dominic Cussatt, Acting Chief Information Security Officer, Department of Veteran Affairs (CONFIRMED)
• Mr. Seth Carmody, Ph.D., Cybersecurity Program Manager, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (CONFIRMED)
• Mr. Beau Houser, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (DCISO), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CONFIRMED)