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Monthly Newsletter – August, 2025

Health-ISAC Monthly Newsletter title above stacked preview pages of the August 2025 issue.

August Newsletter highlights:

  • European Summit: Private Colosseum tour and important deadlines
  • Americas Hobby Exercise: Photos and highlights
  • Fall Americas Summit: SummitPalooza member registration is 9/8
  • APAC Summit – Call for Papers is closing soon
  • Health-ISAC Tailored Tabletop Exercises for members
  • New Working Group: Email Security
  • New Navigator Offering from Elisity
  • Medical Device Security blog and upcoming events

 

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Join Health-ISAC on a Private Tour of the Colosseum

2025 European Summit – Rome, October 14-16

Join Health-ISAC for this exclusive opportunity to access the Colosseum without the crowds! Attendees will tour the ground floor, the arena floor, and the underground levels, where guides will share the fascinating history of this world-renowned architectural wonder. Afterwards, everyone will stroll past the Roman Forum and Imperial Fora to dinner on a panoramic terrace offering breathtaking views of the City of Rome. It will be an unforgettable experience you will not want to miss! Also, don’t forget to sign up for the amazing, unique post-summit tour of the Sistine Chapel, limited to the first 39 people.

Important Deadlines

August 31st – Last day to take advantage of the Summit Palooza pricing (US$99). Register today

September 22 – Hotel cutoff to reserve a room at the Sheraton Rome Parco de’ Medici.

View the Agenda Here!

 

 

PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR COLLABORATION

Americas Hobby Exercise –

Many thanks to all who participated in last month’s Americas Hobby Exercise. This was the fifth annual exercise designed to build enduring relationships within and across the health sector and government that help strengthen understanding, response, and recovery plans.

Attendee feedback: “Thank you for the engaging, thoughtful scenario.”

“Loved the government agency participation.” “Always relevant and well executed.”

 The European Hobby Exercise commences on October 14 in Rome.

 

 

FALL AMERICAS SUMMIT – Mission Driven in Carlsbad, California

Get ready for the ONE-SAY SummitPalooza $99 member registration on September 8th.

 

 

2026 APAC SUMMIT – Cultivating Resilience in Bali

Submit your papers by early September to join health security peers and experience breathtaking Bali.

 

 

TABLETOP EXERCISES AS A SERVICE (TTXaaS)

Tailored Tabletop Exercises for Health-ISAC Members

Enhance your organization’s readiness with Health-ISAC’s customized Tabletop Exercise as a Service (TTXaaS). Planned collaboratively with members and leveraging Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) best practices, these in-person or virtual exercises feature realistic, all-hazards scenarios aligned to your objectives. Engage key stakeholders—including operations, legal, leadership, etc.—in meaningful discussions to uncover gaps and improve response plans.

 “From the initial development of the scenario to the facilitation of the exercise itself, collaborating with Health-ISAC has truly been a beneficial and enriching experience.” Janeine Charpiat, Philips

Join other Health-ISAC members gaining actionable insights and strengthening resilience through this proven preparedness tool. For additional information, please email contact@h-isac.org.

 

 

NEW WORKING GROUP – EMAIL SECURITY

Join the Email Security Working Group to collaborate and discuss best practices and emerging threats related to email communications.

Meetings are held every third Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time and are open to all interested in improving email security. Focus includes phishing training, sandboxing, DLP, and DMARC.

Learn more and join in the Member Portal. Click on the ‘Connect with Members’ tile and scroll to ‘Join Groups.’

 

 

 

NEW OFFER FROM NAVIGATOR ELISITY

Exclusive Member Offer:

Elevate your organization’s security posture with a complimentary three-month pilot of the Elisity Identity-Based Segmentation Platform (valued over $150,000). This full-service offer includes:

Several Use Cases

  • Rapid discovery and visualization of all users, workloads, and devices across your network environment
  • Comprehensive visibility into communication patterns between IT, OT, IoT, and IoMT devices
  • Dynamic policy creation with simulation capabilities to validate before enforcement

Microsegmentation in Weeks, Not Years. Transform your security posture with identity-based microsegmentation that accelerates Zero Trust maturity. Learn more here.

 

 

BRAZIL: SAO PAULO WORKSHOP – MORUMBI

Health Sector Security Workshop

September 9, 2025

Hosted at Albert Einstein Hospital

🔊 Panel: Protecting Patients and Data

🔊 Brazilian Cybersecurity Overview – Institutional Security Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic

🔊 Shared Intelligence, Security Health

Register here: https://portal.h-isac.org/s/community-event?id=a1YVn000003MsmPMAS

 

US: MARYLAND WORKSHOP – FREDERICK

Health Sector Security Workshop & Tabletop Exercise

September 25, 2025
Hosted at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Sponsored by Akamai

Building resilience in health sector organizations

Following the workshop and exercise debrief, attendees will tour the Distribution & Manufacturing Lab at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Register here: https://portal.h-isac.org/s/community-event?id=a1YVn000003MRnpMAG

 

 

 

MEDIAL DEVICE BLOG

Written by Phil Englert, Health-ISAC VP of Medical Device Security

 

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