A career in dental cybersecurity? Drilling down into this unique role | Guest Tom Terronez

Tom Terronez joins Cyber Work to discuss security in an industry that doesn’t always make the headlines for security news: dentistry. Terronez co-founded Medix Dental, an IT and security provider for the dental industry, 20 years ago, and has the lowdown on some of the specific security issues dentist offices and networks face. It is an uphill battle to get the industry to acknowledge its extreme insecurity, and I find out how a shared love of Hall & Oates got Terronez into this very specific area of the security sphere. And I promise that I tried to avoid overusing the phrase “drill down on this point.” Spoiler: I failed.

0:00 - Dental industry cybersecurity
2:00 - Terronez's interest in tech
3:55 - Dentistry cybersecurity 20 years ago
5:00 - Dentistry cybersecurity dangers and issues
15:55 - Why the dental industry is susceptible to cyberattacks
18:50 - Common attack vectors against dentists
23:37 - How to work in dental cybersecurity
25:20 - What working in dental cybersecurity is like
26:40 - Volunteer opportunities in dental cybersecurity
28:22 - 2024 dental cybersecurity trends
31:20 - Tom Terronez's best cybersecurity career advice
32:50 - Learn more about Medix Dental
34:03 - Outro

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