The healthcare sector is experiencing an unprecedented increase in data generation, accounting for approximately 30% of the world's data volume.

Hospitals alone produce an average of 50 petabytes of data each year, encompassing electronic health records, medical imaging, genomic data and information from wearable devices. This rapid expansion presents significant security, privacy and compliance challenges for healthcare organizations. As the volume of health data continues to grow, projected to reach a 36% compound annual growth rate by the end of 2025, it becomes imperative to implement robust strategies to manage and protect this sensitive information.

In this session, panelists Anirudh Kannan of Google Cloud and Rob Suarez of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield will share insights on:

• Mitigating AI-specific threats including model poisoning, deepfakes and data exfiltration;
• Implementing AI as a digital immune system for behavioral threat detection and rapid response;
• Balancing clinical AI innovation with human oversight and regulatory compliance.