Mr. Dignam is vice president of cybersecurity at Virtua Health, a five-hospital, nonprofit academic health system. He oversees the security strategy, policies and operations for the health system’s more than 400 care locations and leads a team of cybersecurity experts and analysts. He is responsible for developing and implementing Virtua’s information security and resilience strategy, establishing security policies and standards, and managing governance, risk and compliance functions. Mr. Dignam has more than 40 years of IT experience, including the last 23 focused on cybersecurity, and has led Virtua’s security program since joining the organization in 2008. He played a key role in Virtua earning a level 10 “Most Wired” designation from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives for the third consecutive year in 2025. Mr. Dignam has reduced costs and increased security team efficiency through security tool consolidation, helping the organization identify more potential threats in less time. He also serves as a planner for Cyberstorm V, a national cybersecurity exercise, and sits on multiple local and national security advisory committees.
