Top Ten 2022: Ransomware—Considerations When System Access Exceeds the Value of the (Digital) Assets

Based on AHLA’s annual Health Law Connections article, this special series brings together thought leaders from across the health law field to discuss the top ten issues of 2022. In the fifth episode, Barry Mathis, Principal, PYA, speaks with Nathan A. Kottkamp, Partner, Williams Mullen, about the steps that entities should take to prepare for ransomware attacks and the main components of any response plan. They discuss the importance of speed when addressing ransomware attacks, considerations involving whether or not to pay a ransom, and navigating OCR guidance. Sponsored by PYA.Watch the conversation here.Essential Legal Updates, Now in AudioAHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast.Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal EducationLearn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/.