Training Description
Key Takeaways
- Workshop focused on cybersecurity in healthcare operations
- Explores AI-enabled systems, secure data sharing, and medical device security
- Addresses regulatory compliance and operational resilience
- Bridges academic research with real-world healthcare challenges
- Targets professionals in cybersecurity, healthcare IT, AI, and policy
SecHealth is the Workshop on Cybersecurity in Healthcare Operations, held in conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2026) in Linköping, Sweden. This event brings together experts and stakeholders to address the evolving cybersecurity landscape within healthcare environments, emphasizing the intersection of technology, regulation, and operational resilience.
Overview of SecHealth
The SecHealth workshop provides a dedicated forum for discussing the unique cybersecurity challenges faced by modern healthcare systems. As healthcare increasingly relies on interconnected medical devices, AI-driven decision support, and cross-organizational data sharing, the potential attack surface expands significantly. The workshop aims to foster dialogue on preventive, technical, organizational, and regulatory strategies to safeguard healthcare operations.
Participants will engage with topics such as AI-enabled systems, secure data sharing, human factors, compliance requirements, and medical device security. The event is designed to connect professionals from cybersecurity, healthcare IT, AI research, and policy-making communities, encouraging collaboration and knowledge exchange.
Core Themes and Discussion Topics
SecHealth covers a comprehensive range of subjects relevant to healthcare cybersecurity. Key areas include prevention strategies, usability and human factors, network security, and security awareness. The workshop also delves into advanced topics such as federated learning, adversarial attacks, data poisoning, and model robustness in AI systems.
Additional discussions focus on compliance and privacy, smart contracts in Healthcare 4.0, standards and regulatory frameworks, and security auditing. The agenda further explores secure data sharing, operational resilience, business continuity management, medical device security, detection and response, digital forensics, intrusion detection, cyber threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and threat management.
Audience and Value Proposition
The workshop is tailored for cybersecurity professionals, healthcare IT specialists, AI researchers, policy makers, compliance officers, medical device manufacturers, hospital administrators, and academic researchers. Attendees benefit from a platform that bridges academic research with practical healthcare operations, fostering thought leadership and community building.
SecHealth addresses critical challenges such as securing interconnected healthcare systems, protecting sensitive patient data, ensuring regulatory compliance, mitigating AI-specific threats, and enhancing operational resilience. The event’s focus on education, networking, and knowledge exchange supports both academic and industry participants in advancing the state of healthcare cybersecurity.