Vikrant Arora

CISO, Hospital for Special Surgery

Vikrant Arora is a credentialed business leader with more than 15 years of experience in developing enterprise security and risk management programs in the healthcare, government and education sectors in North America and Asia. In his former role as the assistant vice president and chief information security and risk officer at NYC Health & Hospitals, an integrated system of 11 hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and home care in New York City, Arora is focused on security strategy, business risks, regulatory compliance and securing clinical systems as well as biomedical devices.

Cyber Insurance: The Latest Hurdles to Jump Through

Presented by Vikrant Arora , Peter Halprin, Partner, Pasich LLP • July 11, 2022

A look at the latest demands cyber insurers are making on healthcare sector entities in order to renew policies or obtain new coverage. This session will examine: What is driving operational investment decisions The growing influence of insurers on the security programs of healthcare providers If cyber...

The Role of Identity Data in a Healthcare Setting

Presented by Vikrant Arora , Chris Frenz , Greg Smith, Solutions Architect, Radiant Logic • July 11, 2022

All of the rapid changes in healthcare trends right now (shift to telemedicine, the consolidation of providers, record system modernization) hinge on the ability to have accurate identity information dispatched when needed–with no down time. The user experience of providers and patients alike must be held to the...

Taking an Evidence-Based Approach in Healthcare Security

Presented by Vikrant Arora , Jonathan Baker, Director, Center for Threat-Informed Defense , MITRE Engenuity , Chris Frenz • July 11, 2022

Healthcare tends to be a very compliance-minded sector. But healthcare delivery organizations need to adopt a more threat-informed defense approach to securing their entities. For instance, most compliance frameworks will check for the existence of a security control but do nothing to assess or measure the efficacy of...

Poised to Combat Cyber Threats - Gearing Up for What's Over the Horizon

Presented by Vikrant Arora , Connie Barrera , Jay Kramer • October 29, 2018

What are healthcare entities doing to better position themselves for battle in the evolving cyber threat landscape? CISOs discuss what they're doing with their SOC, SIEM, behavioral analytics, virtual desktops, endpoint protection, and more. In this session, panelists will discuss: The key vulnerabilities putting...

The CISO's Role in 2019: Learn from Other Sectors

Presented by Vikrant Arora , Stephen R. Katz, CISSP • September 25, 2018

Given current, turbulent conversations around physical and cybersecurity, it's hard to get an exact pulse on the state of the industry and where to start shoring up corporate processes to protect information. But with business and personal safety on the line, it's become increasingly important to be able to identify...

What's the Next Breach that No One Anticipates? From Ransomware to IoT

Presented by Vikrant Arora , Mark Eggleston , David Houlding , Marianne Kolbasuk McGee , Steven W. Teppler • October 4, 2017

Ransomware has already crippled the ability of some targeted healthcare organizations to access patient records, interrupting delivery of care for days. But will the next iteration of malware attacks bring even more disruption, and perhaps have an even more devastating impact on patients? Cyberattacks involving...

Creating a Health Data Security Action Plan: The Core Elements

Presented by Vikrant Arora , Richard Conti , Jason Taule • October 4, 2017

Healthcare organizations must adopt a wartime mindset against their sophisticated, persistent attackers. But how can CISOs lead the way in developing an effective security action plan designed for the current threat environment? Vikrant Arora, CISO at the Hospital for Special Surgery, opens this panel discussion with...

The Evolving Regulatory Environment and Its Impact on Privacy and Security of Online Medical Records

Presented by Vikrant Arora , Marianne Kolbasuk McGee , Mitch Parker , Iliana Peters • October 3, 2017

Data protection legislation and regulatory enforcement actions are rapidly changing throughout the world, having an immediate impact on how organizations globally approach cybersecurity, privacy, breach notification and data storage and protection. Too frequently, however, U.S. healthcare organizations have built...

4 Questions the Board Must Ask Its CISO

Vikrant Arora • August 17, 2016

Vikrant Arora, CISO of NYC Health & Hospitals, offers the four most important questions a board must ask the CISO to get a good understanding of how the organization is addressing top cybersecurity concerns.