ATLANTIC HEALTH
Sunil says:“ Any organisation or leader that sits on the fence or they are reacting to AI – that’ s the shortest and the quickest path to irrelevance and obsolescence.
“ Organisations that lead in healthcare are those architecting AI intentionally, which means truly putting discipline around AI – how it is designed, built, tested and monitored. You should also never start with the algorithm, technology or the vendor. If you start with the workflow, you can shape the digital transformation.”
When handling lots of sensitive data, digital and operational resilience offers more than just an elevated level of care – it also ensures patient data privacy and protects their information from falling into the hands of cybercriminals. It also ensures that, if an incident does occur, Atlantic Health can maintain care continuity.
In an environment shaped by vast amounts of sensitive data, digital and operational resilience is essential
“ Digital innovation is a cohesive journey of the entire organisation”
Sunil Dadlani EVP, Chief Information & Digital Officer and Chief Cyber Security Officer Atlantic Health not only to delivering high quality care, but also to protecting patient privacy and securing information from cybercriminals. Just as importantly, it helps ensure care continuity if a disruption or incident occurs.
The system employs a multi-layer defence, including zero-trust architecture – a security model that requires strict verification for every person and device trying to access network resources.
“ Upgrading our entire network infrastructure to build a very resilient, zero-based cybersecurity posture was nowhere near glamorous but it is incredibly essential,” Sunil says.“ Cybersecurity is a core part of our mission. In the world we are living in, the velocity, variety and impact of cybersecurity is only going to exponentially grow, so the core part of resiliency is how prepared you are and how well you can respond.
“ At Atlantic Health, when we talk about being a resilient healthcare system, the mission must continue safely and reliably under every circumstance, no matter what the environment is.”
This has been built through a multilayer approach made up of multifactor authentication, zero-trust architecture, proactive cyber defence, AI-enabled detection, prevention, mitigation, microsegmentation and macro segmentation, as well as enterprise risk ranking and monitoring.
“ Digital and operational resilience does not mean that you are going to prevent attacks or you are going to avoid outages,” Sunil adds.