CynergisTek CEO Emeritus Mac McMillan Honored with CHIME Foundation Industry Leader Award
05 November 2019 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Cybersecurity Veteran Recognized for Exemplary
Leadership and Commitment to Healthcare IT Industry
CynergisTek, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in
cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance, today announced that
founder and CEO Emeritus Mac McMillan has been named the recipient
of the 2019 College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
(CHIME) Foundation Industry Leader Award. The award recognizes a
CHIME Foundation Firm representative who has demonstrated
exceptional dedication and made outstanding contributions to the
healthcare IT industry, CHIME, and CHIME Foundation. It is the
highest honor given to a Foundation Firm member.
A tireless champion for transforming privacy and security in
healthcare, McMillan has been deeply involved in CHIME for over two
decades, sharing expert insights with thousands of attendees at
numerous CHIME CIO Forums and through the CHIME Foundation’s
continuing education programs. He also has supported worthy causes
within CHIME, such as the initiative to end legislation against the
unique patient identifier and the Opioid Task Force by providing a
generous personal donation. As a result of his leadership, McMillan
was named to the inaugural board for CHIME’s Association for
Executives in Healthcare Information Security (AEHIS), which
provides members with ongoing healthcare privacy and security
education and guidance. He was also called upon by CHIME to testify
before the U.S. House Energy Subcommittee on Health for the
hearing, “Examining Cybersecurity Responsibilities at HHS” on May
25, 2016.
“Cybersecurity in the healthcare sector would not be where it is
today without Mac,” said CHIME President and CEO Russell Branzell.
“When Mac founded CynergisTek, many providers were not even
thinking about cyberthreats and the damage they could do to
patients and their organizations. Mac made it his mission to
educate our community. He has been a true friend to CHIME and
AEHIS. It is an honor to recognize him for all he has done over the
decades.”
In addition to his roles at CynergisTek and CHIME, McMillan has
spent his forty-year career dedicating significant time and
resources to the broader advancement of cybersecurity training and
education in an effort to close the growing workforce gap in the
field. McMillan serves as adjunct faculty at several universities
including the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of
Business, where he helped shape the development of the Leadership
in Healthcare Privacy and Security Risk Management program, which
aims to educate the next generation of cybersecurity professionals
entering healthcare. McMillan has also supported the CyberPatriot
Program, which works with K-12 students to inspire them to pursue
careers in cybersecurity and other science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
“This is an incredible honor and I am humbled to be recognized
by CHIME and its members for this award. It has been a privilege to
work alongside and learn from so many health IT leaders in this
organization during my career,” said McMillan. “The healthcare
industry has made great strides to improve cybersecurity in the
last twenty years, and it needs to remain diligent in its efforts
to protect its mission. I am confident that CHIME’s work and
continued collaboration with peers will ensure organizations are
well-educated on security risks and prepared for future
threats.”
About CynergisTek, Inc.
CynergisTek is a top-ranked cybersecurity firm dedicated to
serving the information assurance needs of the healthcare industry.
CynergisTek offers specialized services and solutions to help
organizations achieve privacy, security, and compliance goals.
Since 2004, the company has served as a partner to hundreds of
healthcare organizations and is dedicated to supporting and
educating the industry by contributing to relevant industry
associations. The company has been recognized by KLAS in the 2016
and 2018 Cybersecurity reports as a top performing firm in
healthcare cybersecurity, as well as the 2017 Best in KLAS winner
for Cybersecurity Advisory Services.
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