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Richard Staynings

Cybersecurty Healthcare Leader

Cisco Security

Richard Staynings leads Cisco’s Cybersecurity Services for Healthcare Life Sciences - supporting payers, providers and bio-pharmaceutical organisations across the globe. A renowned thought-leader, author, and public speaker, Richard joined Cisco in 2014 to act as an evangelist for improved security and privacy across the industry, and to advocate, advise and assist Cisco customers on the best ways to protect their business data and technology assets.

With more than 25 years experience in both cybersecurity leadership and consulting, Richard has assisted in the success of innovative start-ups, to many of the world’s most successful public companies. He has lived in over 30 countries and delivered innovative solutions to organizations in all of them. Working in both an executive leadership and consulting capacity, Richard has sat on both sides of the advisory table, and can appreciate views through both conceptual lenses.

Prior to joining Cisco, Richard led CSC’s Global Cybersecurity Consulting Practice for the Healthcare and Life Sciences industry. Outside of the healthcare industry Richard has also served as Chief Information Security and Risk Officer (CISRO) for a major global financial services company, has been Chief Information Officer (CIO) for a number of Silicon Valley start-ups, and currently serves in a pro-bono capacity as CIO and CISO for several not-for-profits.

Richard was recently appointed as a member of the HIMSS Privacy and Security Committee. 

Articles

September 8, 2017

HEALTHCARE

Understanding Medical Device Security

3 min read

­­The FDA recall of a medical device last week has caused a bit of a media storm as the general public scrambles to find out more. The fact that a medical device meant to help sustain life is insecure and could be hacked to kill a patient is alarming to all of us. More worrying […]

August 30, 2017

HEALTHCARE

FDA announces first-ever recall of a medical device due to cyber risk

2 min read

This week, the FDA took the unprecedented step of recalling a medical device – a pacemaker – because it was found to be vulnerable to cyber threats. The recall arose from an investigation by the FDA in February that highlighted a number of areas of non-compliance. While there are no known reports of patient harm related […]

April 19, 2017

SECURITY

Securing Medical Devices – The Need for a Different Approach – Part 2

4 min read

When I ask the question of Healthcare CIOs and CISOs “What keeps you up at night?” one of the most common answers I receive – after the usual jokes about indigestion, or the snoring spouse, is the problem of what to do about securing medical devices in our hospitals. Most healthcare executives are acutely aware […]

April 18, 2017

SECURITY

Securing Medical Devices – The Need for a Different Approach – Part 1

3 min read

When I ask the question of Healthcare CIOs and CISOs “What keeps you up at night?” one of the most common answers I receive – after the usual jokes about indigestion, or the snoring spouse, is the problem of what to do about securing medical devices in our hospitals. Most healthcare executives are acutely aware […]

May 2, 2016

SECURITY

The Changing Face of the Healthcare Security Leader

7 min read

If you worked with just about any hospital or healthcare provider a mere ten years ago you may have come across the Information Security Manager, Director of Security and Compliance, or someone who filled this role under another title. Their role was to lead ‘IT Security’ and manage a small staff of security administrators or […]

July 21, 2015

SECURITY

Security and the Board

4 min read

Not long ago I was asked to attend a quarterly Board meeting of one of my healthcare clients and to present the recommendations of a Strategic Security Roadmap (SSR) exercise that my team and I had conducted for the organization. The meeting commenced sharply at 6am one weekday morning and I was allocated the last […]

April 28, 2015

SECURITY

The Rise in Healthcare Cybercrime

3 min read

January this year witnessed the largest healthcare breach to date in which the personal records of 80 million individuals were compromised. It also marked an apparent change in focus from attacks on delivery organizations to healthcare payers. Last week two additional health insurers reported that they too had been hacked, resulting in the possible compromise […]