The Advisory Board Company (ABC) provides best practice research, consulting, technology and talent development to healthcare and higher education institutions. Since the company’s inception, 35 years ago, their business model has been member driven to address healthcare executive’s up at night questions. Our founder believed in the power of sharing ideas and the impact that one best practice can have on the quality of care and performance within hospitals and health systems. To date our hospital members access information by logging in through advisory.com to access information specific to their constituency (i.e. oncology, nursing, philanthropy, physician practices, revenue cycle, etc.). For example, ABC’s dedicated account managers, marketers, business analysts, and consultants access hospital information to collaborate with physicians, suppliers, and GPOs to realize hidden value across their spend portfolio. Obviously every hospital is different but ABC has perfected a model for teaching topics that will have the greatest impact.
Working with over 3,500 hospitals globally, our employees are accessing highly sensitive information on a daily basis, including CRM and electronic medical records. Additionally, 70% of our staff is traveling more than 50% of the time and accessing this information on insecure networks (i.e. airports, train stations, hotels, cafes, other hospitals, etc.). Lastly, 10% of employees are entry level and are stepping into the workforce for the first time. To date, there is absolutely no cyber security training provided to employees at any level of the company. An engaging, highly interactive cyber security program can be implemented as a phased approach.
Starting with an introduction from our CEO and CIO at the mandatory employee in-person “town hall meetings” and support from thought-provoking scenarios, simulations, and real world stories to grab employees attention. Similar to our yearly HIPPA certifications, employees can be...