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HHS Launches $50 Million ARPA-H Program to Improve Hospital Cybersecurity

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In the wake of the Ascension and Change/United Healthcare ransomware attacks, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) recently “announced the launch of the Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense (UPGRADE) program, a cybersecurity effort that will invest more than $50 million to create tools for information technology (IT) teams to better defend the hospital environments they are tasked with securing.” 

HHS Offering $50 Million for Proposals to Improve Hospital Cybersecurity (Recorded Futures News) 

The project comes as part of an urgent search for answers to address digital threats to the healthcare industry. 

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About Daniel Pereira

Daniel Pereira is research director at OODA. He is a foresight strategist, creative technologist, and an information communication technology (ICT) and digital media researcher with 20+ years of experience directing public/private partnerships and strategic innovation initiatives.