John Riggi & Scott Gee, American Hospital Association | theCUBE + NYSE Wired: MedTech Unplugged

In this segment from theCUBE + NYSE Wired: MedTech Unplugged: The Future of AI in Healthcare & Life Sciences, theCUBE’s John Furrier sits down with American Hospital Association cybersecurity leaders John Riggi, national adviser for security and risk, and Scott Gee, deputy national adviser of cybersecurity risk, to examine the grim economics of hospital ransomware. Drawing on decades of federal law enforcement experience, they explain why attacks have accelerated since 2020, how “ransomware as a service” industrializes crime and why incidents that delay care should be treated as threats to life – not mere data theft.

Riggi and Gee also get practical about execution: what resilience looks like when clinical workflows collide with brittle, legacy systems and better AI-fueled social engineering. They outline the shift toward “secure by design” and why hospitals can only defend so far without stronger disruptions of foreign adversaries. The conversation closes with a call for better resourcing, clearer partnership across government and industry, and pragmatic collaboration – including efforts with Microsoft to expand access to cybersecurity services for hospitals that need it most.

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00:00 - Intro
00:05 - Strengthening Cyber Resilience in Healthcare: Insights and Challenges
02:34 - The Impact and Implications of Ransomware on Healthcare Systems
04:59 - Digital Dangers: Cyber Threats and Governmental Inaction
07:10 - Balancing Security and Strategy: Integrating Defensive Design and Offensive Cyber Operations in Healthcare Systems
09:55 - A suitable title for the combined chapter could be: "Safeguarding Healthcare: The Role of Cybersecurity in Protecting Critical Infrastructure.
12:01 - Planning for Clinical Continuity without Technology
14:24 - Encouraging Cybersecurity Awareness in Healthcare
16:37 - Advancing Progress Through Collaboration and Resource Mobilization