In an article published by the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA), Barry Mathis, Managing Principal of IT Advisory, discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by artificial intelligence (AI) and what these developments mean to privacy, security, and compliance in the healthcare industry.
“As healthcare organizations become increasingly data-driven, leveraging AI to enhance efficiency, diagnosis, and patient care, they also face a new wave of sophisticated cyber threats,” Mathis says in the article, “Artificial intelligence: A double-edged sword for healthcare.” He states AI can be “an ally in strengthening defenses and a tool for attackers,” and he offers insights for healthcare cybersecurity and compliance professionals.
According to Mathis, healthcare can benefit from AI through enhanced threat detection, automated compliance monitoring, predictive analytics for risk management, and streamlined identify and access management. On the flip side, AI threatens healthcare through dark-web tools like FraudGPT and WormGPT and AI-generated phishing campaigns.
Mathis stresses the need for compliance officials to focus on data governance, transparency, and the ethical use of AI and explains that healthcare organizations can use AI to strengthen cybersecurity in key ways:
- AI-driven threat intelligence
- Behavioral analysis for intrusion detection
- Automated incident response
- Management of multiple security threats
Read the full article on COSMOS, HCCA’s online content platform, or download a PDF of the article.
The article was published in the April issue of Compliance Today, a publication of SCCE & HCCA, a member-based association with more than 19,000 members worldwide. SCCE & HCCA promotes high standards in compliance and ethics programs through knowledge-rich educational opportunities.
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