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. 2021 Feb 5;55(1):21–28. doi: 10.2345/0899-8205-55.1.21

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Decisions about how to protect systems that affect clinical care are much too critical and complex to be made without clinical participation. Everyone in healthcare, regardless of their role, needs to be aware of today's cyber risks and must contribute to improving their organization's security posture and averting security compromise. IT security and clinical engineering cannot do this alone: Cyber-savvy clinicians working as partners are needed to develop a safe and effective path forward.