Boffins, why not simply invent an algorithm that autonomously fixes flaws, thereby ending ransomware forever
The US government's Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has pledged more than $50 million to fund the development of technology that aims to automate the process of securing hospital IT environments.for short.
Modern medical facilities typically use a lot of internet or network-connected devices, and taking these offline to patch or protect them can disrupt patient services. Not patching them, however, leaves clinics vulnerable to compromise. To accommodate these hospital-specific concerns, the UPGRADE platform will test software fixes in a model environment before deploying them"with minimum interruption" to the devices that need them, if the plans come to fruition.
"We continue to see how interconnected our nation's health care ecosystem is and how critical it is for our patients and clinical operations to be protected from cyberattacks," HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm said in a."ARPA-H's UPGRADE will help build on HHS' Healthcare Sector Cybersecurity Strategy to ensure that all hospital systems, large and small, are able to operate more securely and adapt to the evolving landscape.
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