SecureWorld Healthcare Virtual Conference 2026

Your opportunity to visit our solution vendor partners, whose sponsorship makes SecureWorld possible, as well as association chapters! Booths have staff ready to answer your questions. Look for participating Dash For Prizes sponsors to be entered to win prizes.

Also, look for “Cyber Connect” discussions on select topics and join the conversation.

Visit the Networking Hall to network with attendees and connect with our vendor sponsors and association partners.

The explosive adoption of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) has transformed how organizations work, enabling employees at all levels to accelerate tasks, generate insights, and drive innovation. Yet this democratization of AI potentially introduces a significant and often overlooked risk: inadvertent insider threats. This presentation, titled “Your Internal AI”, examines how the convenience of “unsubscribed” mainstream AI tools has dramatically increased the attack surface for data exfiltration through non-malicious insider actions. We will explore real-world consequences, regulatory implications, and the growing awareness gap that leaves even sophisticated organizations vulnerable.

The core message is one of empowerment rather than restriction: organizations can and should provide their teams with the full power of state-of-the-art LLMs without compromising security. “Your Internal AI” introduces a secure, enterprise-ready alternative that enables seamless use of mainstream models while automatically safeguarding sensitive information. Through intelligent pre-processing, redaction, anonymization, and policy enforcement, sensitive data is protected before it ever leaves the organization’s control, ensuring compliance and preserving privacy. Attendees will see this solution in action through a live demonstration, illustrating how users can interact naturally with powerful LLMs in everyday business related activities, while the system transparently secures confidential content in real-time.

By the end of the session, participants will understand not only the risks posed by unchecked AI usage but also how to deploy “Your Internal AI” as a strategic enabler: delivering the productivity gains of cutting-edge AI to every employee, securely and responsibly.

The recent escalation of cyber-attacks and the potential for combined cyber and physical attacks means the healthcare industry must better secure itself. We’ll describe “whole of community” approaches to medical device vulnerability management and proactively developing regional plans that integrate cyber into overall emergency preparedness and response.

A discussion of managing third-party risk and how to manage expectations and contracts with vendors.

Session description to come.

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In the high-stakes world of healthcare cybersecurity, there are rarely perfect solutions—only difficult trade-offs. Join us for an unscripted, high-energy session where top Health Sector leaders face off on the industry’s toughest hypothetical scenarios.

Moderated in a rapid-fire game show format, our panelists will be presented with difficult “Would You Rather” choices ranging from ransomware dilemmas and legacy IoT risks to budget constraints and insider threats. They won’t just pick a side; they have to defend it.
Attendees will gain a unique window into the minds of security leaders, understanding how they weigh patient safety against data privacy, and operational uptime against regulatory compliance. Come ready to vote on who makes the best case for the worst situations.

This session will provide an in-depth analysis of the current landscape of medical device exposures, leveraging insights from global scans and data trends. Attendees will explore the evolving attack surface in the healthcare sector, gain visibility into prevalent vulnerability trends, and uncover actionable strategies to enhance their cybersecurity posture. Designed for healthcare security executives, this session equips organizations to identify and prioritize exposure risks, ensuring patient safety and organizational resilience in the face of emerging threats.

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Healthcare is no longer on the sidelines of global conflict; it is a primary target. This session connects the dots between global geopolitical volatility and the immediate risks to hospital operations and patient safety. We will examine how conflicts involving major players like Russia, China, and the EU are reshaping the cyber threat landscape, specifically targeting medical research, critical infrastructure, and the healthcare supply chain.

The discussion will pivot to the “internal” threat, analyzing the rapid evolution of AI in diagnostics and administration, and the resulting privacy minefield. From financially motivated ransomware gangs to state-aligned actors seeking to disrupt care, we will profile the adversaries threatening the sector. Join us for a 2026 outlook that moves beyond compliance, offering a battle-tested framework for maintaining resilience in the face of global instability.

Healthcare technology organizations are quickly adopting AI solutions to enhance clinical processes, patient engagement, and operational efficiency. Technology and cybersecurity leaders must embrace the challenge of securing AI solutions while maintaining ethical integrity and regulatory compliance. This session offers a step-by-step blueprint for designing, deploying, and sustaining AI systems in a secure, ethical, explainable, and compliant manner. Drawing on case studies, you will learn about proven strategies for integrating cybersecurity, privacy, and regulatory controls for ethical and explainable implementation of AI solutions in the healthcare industry.

Healthcare is under siege—not only from ransomware, but from the systemic complexity that undermines fast, effective cyber defense. Traditional detection tools leave healthcare systems blind to gaps, siloed in response, and slow to adapt. It’s time for a shift. Join Blackwell Security for a strategic dive into Healthcare-Specific XDR (MHXDR) and how tailored threat operations create speed, precision, and resilience in the face of relentless threats.

This session will explore how our Helix threat operations team and Blackwell Pulse platform work together to unify telemetry, automate triage, and leverage both internal and external threat intelligence—including dark web monitoring—for real-time enrichment and contextual response. We’ll walk through how our Managed Detection & Response (MDR) offering ensures that every alert is relevant, every response is decisive, and every client benefits from collective intelligence. More importantly, we’ll cover how our ransomware resilience layer (Blackwell Aegis) enables near-immediate recovery from attacks that evade traditional EDR, with automated isolation, recovery, and response—because in healthcare, delays cost lives.

Whether you’re a CISO or security architect, this session will offer a pragmatic view of how to prevent what you can, respond faster when it counts, and recover without the chaos.

Join us as we dive into several of the top concerns in Healthcare. From deep web cards to BECs, ransomware, and more! Bring your questions for the panel.

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This session explores how human behavior in digital environments directly shapes modern cyber risk. Drawing from the research of forensic cyberpsychologist and author Mary Aiken, this talk reveals why people think, react, trust, click, overshare, and make decisions differently online — and how attackers exploit those predictable patterns. Participants will learn how digital psychology influences threat exposure, identity compromise, misinformation, social engineering, and organizational security culture. Attendees will walk away with practical, human-centered strategies for building safer digital environments and strengthening security programs by aligning controls with real human behavior.

Healthcare information security leadership faces a dynamic and intensifying threat landscape. This panel of experts will address critical challenges, including escalating ransomware attacks, stringent privacy regulations, and the complexities of managing insider threats. Discussions will explore strategies for mitigating risks associated with third-party vendors, addressing staffing shortages in cybersecurity, and finding downtime to recharge. Panelists will share insights on balancing patient safety with data protection, navigating compliance requirements, and building resilient security programs in an increasingly interconnected healthcare environment.

Session description to come.

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Healthcare is no longer just a target for data theft; it is a battleground for patient safety and operational resilience. In this exclusive session, the Health-ISAC (Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center) unpacks their Annual Global Threat Report, revealing the most dangerous trends facing the sector today. From the evolution of “patient extortion” tactics and supply chain vulnerabilities to the weaponization of AI, we will dissect the adversaries’ new playbook. Join us to move beyond the headlines and get the vital intelligence needed to immunize your digital estate against the next generation of cyber threats.