What MedTech Can Learn from the Casino Industry with Melissa Aarskaug

For years, cybersecurity has been viewed as an IT responsibility. Today's threat landscape demands something very different.

In this episode of the Med Device Cyber Podcast, Christian Espinosa is joined by Melissa Aarskaug, a cybersecurity executive with extensive experience protecting highly regulated industries, including banking and casino gaming. Melissa shares lessons from an industry where operations run 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and where even a few minutes of downtime can have enormous financial consequences.

The conversation explores why attackers increasingly target regulated industries, how cyber resilience differs from compliance, and why cybersecurity has evolved into a leadership issue rather than simply an IT function. Melissa explains why organisations should focus less on preventing every possible attack and more on ensuring the business can continue operating when incidents occur.

Christian and Melissa also discuss how medical device manufacturers can learn from the gaming industry's approach to resilience, the growing role of AI in both cyber defence and cybercrime, why cybersecurity should be integrated into quality management systems, and how leadership teams can better prioritise cyber risk across their organisations.

Whether you're a MedTech founder, cybersecurity professional, healthcare leader, or product developer, this episode offers practical insights into building more resilient organisations in an increasingly connected world.