By Dan L. Dodson – This month’s Defense Desk, brought to you by Fortified Health Security, is a perfect blend for Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Learn what six years of hosting a monthly roundtable for healthcare cybersecurity leaders has taught Dan about the value of building the kind of room where that conversation is possible, and how you can build one yourself.
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By Des Moloney – This article looks at why healthcare organizations should treat identity and access management as an organizational risk rather than simply an IT responsibility. It outlines five key questions organizations should answer for every identity to improve ownership, reduce access risk, and build a more sustainable identity program.
By Mark Ferrari – Healthcare has gotten very good at producing third-party risk scores. We have platforms, dashboards, questionnaires, and assessments that can generate a number for almost any vendor relationship. Leaders like scores. They are simple. They are comparable. They fit into a dashboard and offer a way to simplify the risk of a vendor population that keeps growing.
By Russell Teague – Healthcare is getting better at seeing its risk. The hard part is now what we do after the finding. During the first half of 2026, organizations have been identifying more risk than ever, but they are remediating less of it according to Fortified Health Security’s rolling risk assessment data.