Password911: Authentication Adventures in Healthcare

PasswordsCon, 17:00 Tuesday Healthcare is a tricky field when it comes to cyber security. It’s a bad day if your anesthesiologist gets locked out of their account mid-surgery. Likewise, when you have a medical emergency halfway around the world you ...

PasswordsCon, 17:00 Tuesday

Healthcare is a tricky field when it comes to cyber security. It’s a bad day if your anesthesiologist gets locked out of their account mid-surgery. Likewise, when you have a medical emergency halfway around the world you might not be in any condition to give local caregivers authentication credentials. This talk will cover some of the challenges with providing authentication in clinical settings as well as current approaches to tackling this issue.

Matt Weir