How Cybersecurity Impacts Patient Care in Hospitals with Christian Dameff Part 2

Welcome to another episode of Forcepoint's To The Point Cybersecurity Podcast! In this week's conversation, Rachael Lyon and Jonathan Knepper sit down for part two with Dr. Christian Dameff, the nation's first Medical Director of Cybersecurity at UC San Diego Health. Dr. Dameff, who also works as an emergency physician, clinical informaticist, and healthcare security researcher, dives into the real-world impacts of ransomware on hospitals—revealing the dramatic and often heartbreaking ways cyberattacks can disrupt patient care. From stories of delayed diagnoses to life-saving treatments interrupted, this episode explores the urgent need for clinical playbooks, disaster recovery innovations like "cyber response vans," and dependency mapping in healthcare. Dr. Dameff also shares practical advice for patients during cyber incidents, as well as his unique journey at the intersection of medicine and cybersecurity. If you're interested in how cyber threats affect healthcare—and what can be done to build a more resilient system—this conversation offers insights you won't want to miss. Stay tuned as we get to the point of today's most pressing cybersecurity challenges in healthcare. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e360