Protect the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT): Medical Device Security
Oct 6, 2025 - Nov 2, 2025
1.5 CEUs
Full course description
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course provides you with an in-depth exploration of healthcare cyber risk management, specifically focusing on protecting medical devices and ensuring seamless hospital operations. You will gain a 360-degree perspective on hospital cybersecurity, examining the viewpoints of healthcare providers, cybersecurity leaders, security tool vendors, medical device manufacturers, and FDA regulations.
The curriculum will help you understand the rapid growth of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and medical devices within the healthcare industry. You will explore the associated risks, including operational impacts and patient safety concerns, when these devices are not correctly patched, isolated, configured, and managed. The course will provide you with the opportunity to delve into the evolving landscape of cybersecurity tools to help healthcare leaders manage risks arising from unpatched legacy devices and IoT/OT environments.
You will study developing methodologies to improve visibility into healthcare organizations’ asset attack surfaces, prioritizing vulnerabilities for patching, identifying gaps in security controls, and enhancing regulatory compliance. A hands-on lab component will allow you to work directly with an AI-driven asset intelligence platform.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Master knowledge and practical applications to protect the IoMT and other connected medical devices.
Analyze common vulnerabilities, address incidents, and implement remediation strategies to reduce exposure in healthcare environments.
Understand the role of medical device manufacturers and your responsibility as a medical device procurer.
Recognize future trends and emerging threats in healthcare cybersecurity as they pertain to the IoMT/OT.
Gain an understanding of FDA compliance and regulatory standards for medical devices.
WHO SHOULD ENROLL
This program is designed for experienced U.S. healthcare professionals from a variety of healthcare or healthcare-related settings who want to enhance their careers, including:
- Clinical professionals,
- Healthcare administrators,
- Information Technology professionals, including Cybersecurity,
- Emergency preparedness professionals,
- Risk managers, and
- Other healthcare professionals.
This program is not designed for those looking to enter the healthcare field. Learners should have at least two years of U.S. healthcare-related experience and a college degree, or five years of U.S. healthcare-related experience without a college degree.
REGISTRATION PROCESS
Step 1 – Check your eligibility. Submit a Registration Approval Request to confirm eligibility for the program at least two weeks prior to the course start date.
Step 2 – Register and submit payment. After you receive notification via email that you have been approved to register, you must complete and return a Registration Form and payment at least two weeks prior to the course start date.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This course is delivered primarily via asynchronous instruction, meaning that learners can work at their own pace. During the fourth week of the course, there will be a live, online session with the course instructor.
Textbook Information
Upon enrollment confirmation, learners will be mailed a complimentary copy of Enterprise Risk Management as a Value Creator textbook by Mr. Bob Chaput.
Digital Badge
Upon successful completion of this four-week microcredential course, you will be awarded a competency-based digital badge demonstrating specific knowledge and skills related to the course topic.
If you are pursuing the badge for the Leadership in Healthcare Cyber Risk Management program, you have two years to complete all six courses from the start date of your first class, though most students typically finish the certificate within 6 to 12 months.
Questions? Send them to your enrollment advisor.
MEET THE INSTRUCTORS
This course is co-taught by Pandian Gnanaprakasam and Wes Wright.
Pandian Gnanaprakasam has more than 20 years of product and engineering leadership experience and is also a serial entrepreneur. Before founding Ordr, he was the chief development officer at Aruba, responsible for all of engineering and product management functions. Aruba, an enterprise mobile wireless company, was acquired by HPE for $3 billion in March 2015. Before Aruba, Gnanaprakasam served as the head of engineering for Cisco’s multi-billion-dollar Wi-Fi business unit and before that as VP of engineering for low-end switching product lines. He graduated with a master’s degree in electrical engineering from IIT, Chennai, India, and holds several patents to his credit in various networking technologies.
Gnanaprakasam received a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics from the PSG College of Technology and a master’s degree in electrical, electronics and communications engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Wes Wright is responsible for driving Ordr’s engagement in healthcare. Previously, he was the CTO for Imprivata and, prior to that, VP and CTO at Sutter Health, a 26-hospital network in Northern California. Prior to Sutter, Wright was CTO and then CIO at Seattle Childrens’, which, to this day, he says was his most gratifying work experience. Prior to his tenure at Childrens', Wright was Executive Director, IS at Scripps Health in San Diego, and prior to that, he served in various CIO and CTO capacities with the United States Air Force, retiring as a major. He has several publications and presentations to his credit and has been a member of CHIME since 1998.
Wright earned a bachelor's of science degree in business and management from the University of Maryland, Asian Division and a master’s of business administration degree in operations management and finance from the Anderson School of Management at The University of New Mexico.
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