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Andrea Arbelaez, National Institute of Standards IT project manager, and Technology and Sue Wang, NCCoE Cybersecurity Engineer, will present the Picture Archiving and Communications (PACS) session at the CyberMaryland Conference on Wednesday, October 10th and 2:00 pm. The NCCoE, working in partnership with healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs), cybersecurity vendors and academic partners, is developing guidance to help HDOs secure their PACS ecosystem, based on a comprehensive risk assessment. The session will:

• Outline the scope of PACS systems within hospitals and other healthcare delivery organizations

• Detail the cybersecurity risks associated with PACS

• Showcase the reference architecture developed by the NCCoE, using NIST cybersecurity standards, to secure the PACS ecosystem within an HDO.