HealthLeaders Media May 22, 2024
HHS is calling for help on cybersecurity.
On Monday the HHS research funding agency Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) unveiled its Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense (UPGRADE) program that will offer “multiple awards” to individuals/groups with the best pitches for a scalable cybersecurity platform that can keep the hospitals’ vast digital systems up to date.
The program hopes to implement a platform that will enhance and automate cybersecurity for healthcare facilities.
“It’s particularly challenging to model all the complexities of the software systems used in a given healthcare facility, and this limitation can leave hospitals and clinics uniquely open to ransomware attacks,” UPGRADE Program Manager Andrew Carney said in a release. “With UPGRADE, we...
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