Paul Connelly

Chief Security Officer, HCA Healthcare

Paul Connelly is Chief Security Officer for HCA Healthcare in Nashville, TN.  He leads the programs for Cyber Security, Privacy, Information Governance, and Physical Security that protect the company’s 185 hospitals, 1400 outpatient clinics, 275,000 employees, and 32 million patient care encounters each year.   

Paul oversees a team of 165 subject matter specialists in Nashville, 60 regional leaders across the US and UK, and approximately 2500 facility security officers. He is an innovator who saw an opportunity for synergy and efficiency, and developed the business case to persuade Company leadership to bring Cyber Security, Privacy, Physical Security, and Information Governance together into one team in 2012.