Healthcare organizations are accelerating the adoption of AI, cloud platforms, and connected medical technologies to improve patient care and operational performance. Meanwhile, cyber threats are becoming more advanced, larger in scale, and more efficient. This panel will discuss how federal health agencies and healthcare providers can shift from reactive defense to proactive AI-enabled resilience. AI-enabled attacks and advanced ransomware tactics now target clinical continuity, third-party dependencies, and identity pathways. Panel experts will discuss strategies for ransomware resilience, incident response, and clinical operations. They will also explore security measures to prevent connected medical devices from increasing exposure risks and impacting patient safety. Hybrid and multi-cloud environments introduce new data protection challenges. Where does the agency’s responsibility end, and where do the cloud providers begin? To navigate this landscape, health organizations are increasingly adopting a zero-trust approach to build resilience and maintain operations during breaches. The future involves a continuous arms race in which AI is used both to enhance security and to launch more sophisticated, larger-scale cyberattacks. Attendees will gain practical strategies to strengthen resilience, protect patient data, and enable secure innovation in an increasingly AI-driven healthcare ecosystem.

Key Discussion Topics:
• AI-enabled attacks and advanced ransomware tactics.
• Identity-first security strategies and zero trust models to minimize breach risk.
• Acquisition strategy to reduce the burden on government CISOs.
• Solutions currently in demand.
• EHR data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Leveraging AI responsibly for threat detection while mitigating AI-driven risks