In a rapidly evolving landscape, digital leaders in the NHS need the knowledge and practical skills to respond to new threats and opportunities for the healthcare sector, supporting them to lead their organisations with the latest developments in generative AI, Cybersecurity and other pressing issues.
The Education team at IGHI has developed a new series of highly interactive, seminar-style residential bootcamps to support digital leaders, offering a carefully curated programme of expert panels, Imperial academic keynotes, real-life simulations and practical workshops to enable immediate implementation of their learning into their organisations.
On 3 and 4 April, we hosted our first Cybersecurity Bootcamp in partnership with IBM. We had a variety of job roles from across the NHS represented: Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), Chief Information Officers (CIOs), and Chief Clinical Information Officers (CCIOs). The aim of the course? To offer an opportunity for digital leaders to practice and learn: ask the right questions, avoid playing catch-up and prepare for the next wave of threats.
The academic lead for the bootcamp was Dr Saira Ghafur, who worked with the education team to bring in experts, design the 2-day agenda and weave together the various sessions, panels and keynotes. Alex Barclay, Head of Education for the Helix Centre, designed and delivered the practical workshops on the second day, allowing participants to get into the weeds and start working on cyber strategies fit to take back into their organisations.
The programme saw the following highlights:
- An IBM X-Force Simulation, generously adapted by a team of experts specifically for this NHS audience.
- Imperial’s Professor Chris Hankin’s opening keynote, showing us through the lens of his research and recent geopolitical history why healthcare is an attractive target for cyber criminals, how to reduce probability and impact and work on our collective resilience.
- A panel of experts: Dr Ayesha Rahim, Phil Huggins and Dr Saif Abed sharing their insights on cyber risks & impact with honesty, real-life impact on staff and patients and great energy.
- Digital Health Leadership alumni and technical practitioner Gary McAllister delivered a case study “Insider Perspective on Major Attack”. It was hugely impactful to hear first-hand what actually happens on the ground when your organisation is under attack.
See what people said online:
- From Participants: LinkedIn
- From IBM: LinkedIn, Polly Bishop on LinkedIn
- From Saif Abed on LinkedIn about Day 1 and Day 2