Who are we?

The Health Care Hacking Community is a location for conference attendees to gather to learn and share information on the state of healthcare cybersecurity and how it intersects with personal health. Healthcare is an industry that impacts everyone in some way. We are all patients at some point in our lives, and we have health care needs that can be managed both at home and in health care facilities.  Everyone should understand the challenges in keeping patient health information appropriately protected and our health care critical infrastructure available. Cybersecurity in health care can be a different beast than in other industries, due to regulatory requirements and the need to protect patient privacy.

What are we going to do?

Like previous years, we will have a hospital room display with medical devices on hand for attendees to hack against. The interactive Lego Hospital is also returning, with an expanded hacking game to illustrate real world healthcare cybersecurity incidents, controls, and challenges with protecting the healthcare infrastructure and patient information. 

In addition to our activities, the volunteers in the Health Care Hacking Community are always ready to answer questions about cybersecurity and privacy in healthcare.  If you are interested in building a technology career in healthcare or if you would like to learn more from people who work in healthcare, come meet us to discuss and learn together!

What do you need to participate?

There will be multiple types of activities for participants of all skill levels.  Some of these can be accomplished without a computer and special tools.  Some of the activities will require you to search for and install applications.  The volunteers at the Health Care Hacking Community

Conference Badge Upgrades:

Level 1 – Participate in the HCHC Challenge by completing one incident response themed scenario.

Level 2 – Hack one of the Biohacking Village’s medical devices.

Level 3 – Finish all of the HCHC Challenge scenarios.