Becker's Healthcare November 12, 2024
With the rise in artificial intelligence use, healthcare organizations block more AI activity than most other industries.
Here are six things to know about AI and cybersecurity, according to a 2024 report from cybersecurity company Zscaler that analyzed its cloud activity:
1. Healthcare blocks 17.2% of AI transactions, the third-most of any sector, behind finance and insurance (37.2%) and technology (19.4%).
2. That number is below the national average of 18.5%. “This trend likely reflects a lagging effort among healthcare organizations to protect sensitive data involved in AI tools, as security teams play catchup to AI innovation,” the report’s authors wrote. “Overall AI transactions in healthcare remain comparatively low.”
3. Healthcare is the sixth-biggest user of AI...