Derek Sailors
Information Security Officer, Community Hospital System
Derek Sailors is the Director of Information Systems and Information Security Officer at Community Hospital System in McCook, NE, and volunteer on several incident response and cyber security excellence advisory groups.
Derek holds over 15 certifications in various areas of IS excellence including technology management, incident command, cybersecurity, security architecture other information systems distinctions. He has completed programs through Microsoft, FEMA, Nebraska Hospital Association Leadership Institute, CISCO, VMWare, Nutanix, and other notable powerhouse organizations in security best practices.
Derek has achieved repeated local and national recognition including being named a “CIO to Know” by Becker’s Hospital Review for the last two years in a row, 2018 Nebraska HIMSS Visionary of the Year, and a Caring Kind Award recipient. He is an avid volunteer and active member of HIMSS, CHIME, NHA, NHIT, and NHA among other organizations including volunteering as a Firefighter/EMT for the City of McCook.