Experts: If Implemented Effectively, Directive Could Help Health Organizations
Although President Donald Trump’s executive order this week on artificial intelligence barely mentions healthcare, some experts said the directive could potentially have a positive impact on the critical infrastructure sector – if implemented effectively.
Health-ISAC pulled quotes:
“The EO’s biggest opportunity for healthcare is speed and coordination,” said Errol Weiss, chief security officer at the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC).
“Critical infrastructure operators need to stay ahead of attackers who are professionalizing and leveraging AI to compress the time between vulnerability discovery and exploitation,” he said.
But execution of the order matters, Weiss said. “The sector will benefit most if review/benchmarking outputs, vulnerability clearinghouse activity, and tool access translate into timely, actionable information sharing through established ISAC channels,” he said.
“We want measurable resilience improvements – so cyber incidents don’t become prolonged critical infrastructure outages that impact national security.”
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