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Adding new apps or employees can increase security vulnerabilities, but a "clear and open pipeline to communicate" about potential social engineering may help protect networks, says Ven Auvaa, ArmorPoint's information security director.

University of Warwick's Miroslaw Malinowski and European University's Konstantinos Katzis discuss Europe's MedSecurance project, which includes tools to help medical device developers assess and mitigate cyberthreats early in the design process.

Dr Cátia Sousa Pinto and Dr Tapani Piha of HIMSS' Digital Health Advisory Group for Europe say the group's annual meeting called for urgent action to strengthen European cybersecurity through training and a 10% digital budget allocation.

Cleveland Clinic London's Nana Odom says the rise of smart medical devices has created a complex digital healthcare ecosystem that's increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks as well as to insider threats from users.

Diana Ferro of Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital discusses the hospital’s participation in the CYLCOMED initiative, which has developed an AI cybersecurity toolbox to safeguard data collected from remote monitoring devices.

Thanos Arvanitidis of Europe's ENTRUST project says the initiative is working with partners across multiple sectors to develop a framework and trust assessment that will advance cybersecurity for connected medical devices.

Martin Gilje Jaatun of SINTEF Digital says the NEMECYS project has developed tools to help strengthen medical device security and has recommended improvements to the Medical Device Coordination Group's cybersecurity guidelines.

Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, DirectTrust's chief strategy officer, says the organization began as an ONC initiative but now independently supports a secure EHR-based communication network and accredits health technology.

Philip Bradley, HIMSS digital health strategist, says the INFRAM framework's requirements ensure that health systems' infrastructure is optimized to support advanced cybersecurity and analytics capabilities.

No matter how big or small a healthcare organization is, a full understanding of its assets is critical to cyberdefense, says Luta Security's Katie Moussouris as she shares insights on national infrastructure security.

Etay Maor, chief security strategist at Cato Networks, says artificial intelligence is useful to the good guys and bad guys alike: "How do we hack in AI systems? And how do we use AI systems to our advantage?"

Before implementing AI tools, Matt Murren, CEO of True North ITG, says leaders must ensure that data flows freely between their EHR and practice management systems, and that they know how the tool will fit into existing procedures.