The overlapping imperatives of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity are becoming ever more important as the two become more intertwined across healthcare in some interesting and challenging ways. 

AI, for instance, is more and more being deployed as a critical frontline tool for risk detection and incident response, even as bad actors are also using machine learning and genAI techniques for ever more creative and aggressive exploits – a double-edged sword that will be continue to be honed as both good guys and bad guys innovate how they use AI.

AI and cybersecurity are two very different disciplines, but they increasingly have a lot in common, and the value of risk management has never been more important for both.

The upcoming HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum is scheduled to take place Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 in Washington, D.C. It will feature two days of sessions on everything from cyber resilience for supply chains to post-M&A change management. 

In one of the presentations, HIMSS senior principal for cybersecurity and privacy Lee Kim will offer a talk on the intersection of information security and AI – specifically, how the former can be applied to the latter to ensure safe and responsible use of algorithms in provider settings. We spoke to her recently to talk about this and other topics.

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Talking points:

• Cybersecurity and AI: how they're different and what they have in common.

• How both are critically important to patient safety.

• Applying a security mindset to AI efficacy and data integrity.

• How AI is being used, on offense and defense.

• The importance of transparency and explainability for AI applications.

• Potential future policies and regulation.

• Workforce challenges, and how they can be addressed.

More about this episode:

How AI is transforming cybersecurity, on defense and offense
Generative AI is this CISO's 'really eager intern'
Using genAI to learn more about cybersecurity and help protect assets
Building successful AI projects requires digital health maturity
Atlantic Health System CIDO offers lessons on AI in cybersecurity
Risk management standards for AI are 'evolving rapidly'
CISA leads tabletop exercise focusing on hacked AI
NIST updates Cybersecurity Framework with Version 2.0

The HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum is scheduled to take place October 31-November 1 in Washington, D.C. Learn more and register.