Resources
Articles, whitepapers, interviews, and thought leadership from Salwa Rafee.
Salwa has contributed thought leadership across the healthcare cybersecurity industry through whitepapers, articles, conference presentations, podcast interviews, and industry publications. Below is a selection of her published work and media appearances.
The Book
| May 2026 | Defending Digital Lifelines: Healthcare in The Cyber Age Salwa's first book — a roadmap for resilience exploring the growing risks facing healthcare organizations and what leaders can do to stay ahead. Available in paperback and Kindle. Published by Rafee Insight Press. |
Podcasts & Interviews
| 2026 | Healthcare Security Brief Podcast — IBM Security (Part 1) Part 1 of a 2-part conversation with Greg Holland (Microsoft Healthcare) and Dr. Bonnie Netschert (IBM Security) on ransomware, zero trust, medical device protection, compliance automation, and why Salwa wrote Defending Digital Lifelines. Part 2 coming soon. Also on: Spotify · Apple Podcasts · Amazon Music |
| Mar 2023 | Healthcare Cybersecurity is Patient Safety — Chief Healthcare Executive Interview at the ViVE Conference on the cybersecurity challenges facing health systems and why security is fundamentally a patient safety issue. |
| Apr 2023 | Cyberthreat Awareness at HIMSS23 Chicago Salwa at the HIMSS Global Health Conference discussing AI-powered cyberattacks and healthcare cybersecurity preparedness. |
| Apr 2021 | The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in Technology — Information Age Interview on improving diversity and inclusion in technology and cybersecurity leadership. |
Articles & Whitepapers
| H-ISAC | Medical Device Cybersecurity Lifecycle Management An overview of lifecycle management approaches for securing medical devices in healthcare environments. |
| Building Ransomware Resilience in Healthcare Strategies for healthcare organizations to build resilience against ransomware threats. |
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| Protective Layers — Cybersecurity for Healthcare A layered approach to cybersecurity protection for healthcare organizations. |
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| The Metaverse Advantage: Immersive Analytics for the Modern SOC in Healthcare Exploring immersive analytics and metaverse applications for healthcare security operations centres. |
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| Armis | Six ViVE 2023 Healthcare Cyber Security Takeaways Key cybersecurity insights from the ViVE 2023 conference where Salwa moderated the cybersecurity panel. |
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