From Visibility to Readiness: Protecting Federal Health's Critical Infrastructure and Supply Chain in a Zero Trust Era

Thursday, November 19, 2026

Location: LMI Building, 7940 Jones Branch Dr. Tysons, VA 22102

Join HIMSS NCA for a timely conversation on safeguarding the systems and supply chains that Federal health depends on. As the healthcare ecosystem grows more interconnected — spanning hospitals, medical devices, data exchanges, and the vendors and logistics behind them — the challenge is no longer just seeing risk, but being ready to act on it. This session explores how Federal health organizations are moving from visibility to readiness: mapping their critical infrastructure, hardening the healthcare supply chain, and building the operational resilience to detect, withstand, and recover from disruption.

Our speakers will share practical perspectives on protecting mission-critical health infrastructure, strengthening supply-chain integrity against third-party and component risk, and keeping essential care and data services running through disruption — whether from cyber incidents, vendor failures, or natural events. Modern security approaches, including Zero Trust, come into the conversation as enablers of that readiness rather than the destination itself.

Confirmed Speaker:

Bezawit Sumner, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), CRISP (Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients)

Event Schedule

5:30 – 6:30 PM Networking

6:30 – 6:45 PM Welcome & Announcements

6:45 – 7:45 PM Program

7:45 – 9:00 PM Networking