As a preeminent academic medical center, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is home to many top-tier academics focused on cutting-edge healthcare research. It is not uncommon for a scientist to dedicate his or her entire career to conducting exploration into a single disease or medical device.
Matthew Snyder, chief information security officer at Hershey Medical Center, observed, “A single data compromise can negate the work that a researcher has performed over a 20-to-30 year span. This is just one of a multitude of reasons why cyber security is a mission-critical imperative for us.” |