Healthcare Defender: Nykeeia Heath, Principal Consultant, Hospitals & Health Systems, Clearwater

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month! In healthcare, safeguarding cybersecurity is safeguarding patients. Whether it’s a hospital, health system, physician group, or a trusted digital health partner, when healthcare is attacked, patients are at risk. 

Join us all month as we feature some of healthcare’s fiercest defenders. They’re leaders from across the ecosystem fighting to protect data, systems, and care delivery. Join us to hear how they started, why they chose healthcare, and their advice for other leaders in their spaces. 

Today’s featured healthcare defender is Nykeeia Heath, principal consultant at Clearwater. Nykeeia or “Keeia” as we call her at Clearwater, got her start in the U.S. Air Force, and is where her passion for cybersecurity began. She shares how her Air Force Commander guided her into healthcare upon completing her time in the military. Enjoy Nykeeia’s story and her insights about protecting patient data.

Cybersecurity is patient safety. Do your part, be a healthcare defender. 

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