Bios / en Sun, 15 Jun 2025 11:21:27 -0500 Wed, 30 Oct 24 09:00:00 -0500 John Riggi /bios/2020-06-12-john-riggi <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"> section#page-content { padding-top: 0px; } /* CntMenuSub */ .CntMenuSub{ margin:20px 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #afb1b1; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar{ border-bottom: 1px solid lightblue; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar a:after{ content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #555; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar a:last-child:after{ content: ""; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubHome, .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent{ text-transform: uppercase; color: #555; opacity: .9; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent{ } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubChild{ } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubCurrent{ opacity: .7; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubHome:hover, .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent:hover{ text-transform: uppercase; color: #d50032; } /* CntMenuSub // */ <div class="row CntMenuSub CntMenuSubLogo"><div class="CntMenuBar"><a class="CntMenuSubHome" href="/cybersecurity" id="CntMenuSubHome">cybersecurity and risk advisory services</a> <span class="CntMenuSubChild" id="CntMenuSubChild">John Riggi</span></div></div></div><div class="col-md-9"><h3>National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk</h3><h4>ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association, Washington, DC</h4><p><a href="mailto:jriggi@aha.org">jriggi@aha.org</a><br>(O) +1 202-626-2272</p><p>John Riggi, having spent nearly 30 years as a highly decorated veteran of the FBI, serves as the first national advisor for <a href="/cybersecurity" title="Cybersecurity & Risk Advisory">cybersecurity and risk</a> for the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association and their 5000+ member hospitals. John leverages his distinctive experience at the FBI and CIA in the investigation and disruption of cyber threats, international organized crime and terrorist organizations to assist on related policy and advocacy issues. His trusted access to hospital leadership and government agencies enhances John’s national perspective and ability to provide uniquely informed risk advisory services. John’s national perspective is further informed by his direct role in assisting ransomware victim hospitals and health systems.</p><p>On behalf of the AHA, John was a leading cybersecurity voice representing the Nation’s hospitals and health systems during the 2024 <a href="/cybersecurity/change-healthcare-cyberattack-updates" title="Change Healthcare Cyberattack Updates - View a timeline of the AHA's response to the Change Healthcare cyberattack.">Change Healthcare cyber-attack</a>, including testimony before Congress in April 2024. In 2023, John helped initiate and lead the joint HHS, healthcare sector hospital cyber resiliency report which led to the development of the voluntary healthcare cybersecurity performance goals.</p><p>John represented the nation's hospitals in testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on cyber threats to hospitals in Dec. 2020. This assisted in the passage of PL 116-321, providing regulatory relief for HIPAA covered victims of cyber-attacks. In 2021, John’s prominent advocacy encouraged the government to raise the investigative priority level of ransomware attacks to equal that of terrorist attacks.</p><p>John initiated and co-led a national healthcare sector task group to develop resources to assist the field in managing cyber risk as an enterprise risk issue. John launched a national campaign with the AHA and government agencies to help members protect medical research against foreign threats.</p><p>In various leadership roles at the FBI, John served as a representative to the White House Cyber Response Group, a senior representative to the CIA and was the national operations manager for terrorist financing investigations. John also led counterintelligence field surveillance programs in Washington DC and financial crimes and terrorist financing squads in New York City. John ultimately rose to the ranks of the Senior Executive Service and in that capacity led the FBI Cyber Division national program to develop mission critical partnerships with the healthcare and other critical infrastructure sectors. John held a national strategic role in the investigation of the largest cyber-attacks targeting healthcare and other sectors.</p><p>He also served on the NY FBI SWAT Team for eight years. John is the recipient of the FBI Director’s Award for Special Achievement in Counterterrorism and the CIA’s George H.W. Bush Award for Excellence in Counterterrorism, the CIAs highest award in this category. John presents extensively on cybersecurity and risk topics and is frequently interviewed by the media.</p></div><div class="col-sm-3">/* Filtered Section -- CenterProgramFilterSection -- FilterInner */ @media (min-width:767px) { .rowEqual_768 { display: -webkit-box; display: -webkit-flex; display: -ms-flexbox; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; } .rowEqual_768>[class*='CenterProgramFilterSection'] { -ms-flex: 1; /* IE 10 */ flex: auto; width: calc((100% / 3) - 20px) /*Adjust # for the number per row, will override the bootstrap - Also needed for Safari*/; } } <div class="row"><a href="/center/cybersecurity-and-risk-advisory-services/preferred-cybersecurity"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021-04/APCP_418x211.png" alt="APCP: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association Preferred Cybersecurity Service" width="480" height="211"></a>.CyberRRblock01 .resource-wrapper .article:nth-child(1n+2) { background-color:red; display: none } <div class="panel module-typeC CyberRRblock01"><div class="panel-heading"><h3 class="panel-title">Daily H-ISAC Report</h3><p><div class="views-element-container"> <section class="top-level-view js-view-dom-id-7b136859752f00024ad08d0a0175bbf15de81d9e4f16fe1cbe5a7669a01915fc resource-block"> <div class="resource-wrapper"> <div class="resource-view"> <div class="article views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-access-level"> <div class="field-content"> <div class="meta custom-lock-position"> <div class="views-field-access-level access-type-member" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="Members only"><a href="/taxonomy/term/279" hreflang="en">Member</a></div> </div></div> </div><div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content"><time datetime="2025-06-10T08:32:02-05:00">Jun 10, 2025</time> </span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/h-isac-green-reports/2025-06-10-h-isac-tlp-green-daily-cyber-headlines-june-10-2025" hreflang="en">H-ISAC TLP Green Daily Cyber Headlines - 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