Leaps in healthcare technology continue to benefit humankind: from the advent of the X-ray in the 19th century to dialysis, CT, MRI, and other machines in the 20th century, to a new breadth of digital tools in this era. Perhaps the most auspicious of these is artificial intelligence (AI), with its wide-ranging applications for predictive analytics, drug development, personalized medicine, and robot-assisted surgery.
While the integration of AI into healthcare diagnosis and treatment holds unlimited potential to revolutionize the field – improving patient outcomes, reducing costs, and enhancing overall efficiency – that heady promise is not without peril. The more deeply that AI embeds into healthcare, the greater the cybersecurity risk it creates. Indeed, AI is already transforming the threat landscape across the entire medical profession.
Assessing AI Risks
Although artificial intelligence is seen as a disruptive force with unknown consequences, the International Association of Privacy Professionals estimates that over half of AI governance…
