AI in Dental Care: Your Battle Plan Against AI Hacking

In part 3 of our series, we covered the benefits of AI in cybersecurity protection. The headline “Hackers bring U.S. healthcare to its knees” may sound like a plot from a Netflix series, but it's a stark reality. 

The threat is real, and the potential loss of production, compliance fines, and lawsuits can directly impact your business. Practice owners and dental group C-Suite leaders who have experienced a breach know the stress and often devastating impact that one single incident had on the growth trajectory of the organization. 

The time to act is now.

In fact, loss due to healthcare breaches, including those in dental, has been so vast in the last few years that the FBI sees the criminal use of open-source generative AI programs as a national priority. Governmental agencies have also added additional compliance requirements and more considerable fines in recent years.

So, how can you protect your business, your patients, your team, and yourself? The answer is simple yet crucial: you must have a battle plan. This is a war against cybercriminals who are determined to steal your data at all costs, and you can't afford to be unprepared. With a well-thought-out battle plan, you can empower yourself and your team to face these threats head-on.

Prevent cyber attacks in real time. AI technology is a self-learning system; it constantly updates and adapts to strengthen defenses and sends alerts when human interaction is required to further assess what it has detected. Cybersecurity teams use this to their advantage, providing clients continually evolving and effective protection measures to stop malicious activity.

In this post, we’ll explore how some AI cybersecurity tools, when properly applied, work efficiently to defend and protect against potential cyber risks.

HIPAA Mandates are Clear

HIPAA and AI may seem like opposing forces, but leveraging emerging technologies to protect data is gaining traction across the healthcare industry. Patient records in your business are under your care; ultimately, you are responsible for protecting them. 

Building solid cybersecurity compliance doesn’t just protect against enhanced AI hacking techniques, but it also prevents backlash from HIPAA and associated regulatory organizations.

As outlined in HIPAA Journal’s Violation Checklist, Your business is required to:

1. Analyze risks and vulnerabilities in digital environments.
2. Implement reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect against threats to the security or integrity of e-PHI throughout an organization’s entire enterprise.

The compliance resource mentioned above states plainly, “There is no silver bullet when it comes to blocking attacks. What is needed is defense-in-depth, which should involve an email security gateway, a web security solution, and regular security awareness training for the workforce.” 

Small to medium-sized healthcare organizations often don’t have the knowledge or resources to ensure their cybersecurity measures are in compliance with HIPAA and other regulations. Don’t worry. The cybersecurity experts at Black Talon Security specialize in guiding healthcare practices to strengthen their security. We’re equipped to analyze the vulnerabilities and risks present and collaborate to build a protective barrier securing your valuable data against the growing prevalence of AI hacking while adhering to compliance standards.