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Skip Sorrells

Skip Sorrells

Field CTO and CISO at Claroty, former Director of Cybersecurity at Ascension Health, and former ICU nurse specializing in healthcare cybersecurity.

Aug 12, 2026

12:08
But when a cyber incident hits and systems go down, what does that actually look like inside the hospital from the care team's perspective? Can you provide us some insights with that?
12:21
Sure.
12:22
So I'll start with when I was an ICU nurse, the patient to nurse ratio in my institution was two to one.
12:31
On a very rare occasion, when we were short-staffed, I might have three patients, but I would share one of those with another nurse.
12:42
And that was because we didn't have technology as the force multiplier.
12:47
Today, I can't actually tell you what the ratio is, but from what I've seen, it could be anywhere from 8 to 10, maybe 12 patients.
12:59
When that system goes down, as a nurse, you are rendered.

6 MINS LATER

19:09
Well, what does that really mean in practice? And how should healthcare organizations be thinking differently with that?

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