Stephanie Reel: Top 10 Data Security Projects at Johns Hopkins

Completing security risk assessments for a long list of applications and providing data security training to its entire staff are two of the top priorities for 2010 at Johns Hopkins Medicine, one of the nation's largest academic medical centers. In an interview, Stephanie Reel, vice president for information services for the Baltimore-based organization, spells out a top 10 list of data security priorities. The list also includes a massive effort to deploy new multi-factor authentication and broader use of encrypted e-mail. Reel is one of the nation's longest serving CIOs, with nearly 20 years of experience at Johns Hopkins. In addition to heading I.T. for the health system, she serves as vice provost for I.T. for all of Johns Hopkins University.