Should You Pay the Ransom? Navigating the law and ethics of a ransomware attack, the special case of Health-care institutions.

This CLE program will explore the unique Cyber/Privacy/Data Management, ethical and legal challenges faced by a heath-care institutions in formulating their response to a ransomware attack. We will explore the challenges to good decision-making regarding public communication, dealing with the “THREAT-ACTORS”, protecting patient privacy, and of course paying the ransom, or not! The program will conclude with a simulation of the first discussions an organization’s leader must have when an attack is suspected.

Speakers:

David N. Hoffman, J.D., Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Columbia University

Thomas Hallisey, Director, Health Information Technology, Healthcare Association of New York State

Susan Regan, Former Associate General Counsel of Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSHealth); Lecturer on Law and Bioethics, Bioethics Program, Columbia University

Cordell Schachter, Chief Information Officer (CIO), US Department of Transportation; Former CIO, NYC Department of Transportation

This event is eligible for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits for attorneys licensed in the State of New York.