Mr Reuben KOH currently holds the position of Industry Manager – IoT Cybersecurity at Symantec Corporation. His major responsibilities include leading a cross-functional team to help build cybersecurity awareness in the IoT landscape, drive growth and adoption of the definition of the Symantec’s cybersecurity vision and strategy in Asia Pacific.  Having worked in the IT industry for more than 16 years, he also focuses on how enterprises embrace new trends to secure the business as well as align Security as part of a holistic IoT strategy.

Mr Koh has also held roles in Solution Sales and Technical Sales. Prior to Symantec, Reuben was the Director of Security Strategy at CA Technologies where he planned and executed the CA’s security strategies and how they aligned to customers and the marketplace, to defend against the ever-growing cyber threats affecting various industries. 

Reuben holds a Bachelor of Business Information Technology from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and also various industry certifications and accreditations, among them ITIL v3, MCSE, CCNP, CISA and CISSP.

Synopsis - The Rise of Ransomware in Healthcare 
Today’s healthcare systems are facing a unique set of security, privacy and compliance challenges. The volume of health data is multiplying exponentially day after day, and caregivers, patients and business associates expect to be able to access and share health data securely, from any device. At the same time, state regulatory compliance mandates continue to raise the bar on data protection, and fines for data breaches and compliance violations continue to increase. This is in addition to having to deal with and protect critical systems and data against cyberattacks and malware constantly.

One rising threat in particular that is impacting the healthcare sector, is Ransomware or cyberattacks used for corporate extortion. Recent ransomware attacks infected a large number of hospital IT systems across the world, resulting in the shutdown of clinical services as hackers broke into core networks, encrypted protected health information (PHI) and electronic health records (EHR), demanding payments in return for a key to unlock and decrypt the data. The inability to provide timely critical care services to patients due to the absence of key healthcare data caused massive issues to healthcare organizations.

This session aims to provide an overview on how to better prepare, prevent and respond to Ransomware cyberattacks against critical healthcare systems and data.