Healthcare organizations are navigating an increasingly complex cybersecurity environment.
As AI adoption accelerates, connected medical technologies expand, and cyber threats continue to evolve, healthcare leaders are being asked to balance innovation, resilience, privacy, and patient safety like never before.
That’s exactly what Black Hat’s inaugural Healthcare Summit was designed to address.
Black Hat USA and HIMSS have partnered to launch the Healthcare Summit at Black Hat USA, creating a dedicated forum for one of healthcare’s most urgent priorities: strengthening cybersecurity without slowing innovation, disrupting care or compromising patient trust.
The one-day summit brings together healthcare and cybersecurity professionals for practical discussions on AI security, medical device protection, cyber resilience, clinical disruption, threat intelligence and more.
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At a Glance
Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Location: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV
Focus Areas: Healthcare cybersecurity, AI, resilience, patient trust and clinical operations
Pass Includes: Access to the Healthcare Summit at Black Hat USA conference + lunch + cocktail reception, and 3-day access to Black Hat Business Hall
Who Should Attend:
- CIOs, CISOs, CTOs and executive technology leaders
- Healthcare IT and cybersecurity professionals
- Privacy, compliance and risk management leaders
- Clinical engineering and medical device security teams
- Digital health and innovation leaders
- Security architects, analysts and practitioners supporting healthcare organizations
- Teams focused on enterprise resilience, threat intelligence or incident response
Explore the Conversations Defining Healthcare Security
The agenda is focused on the issues healthcare organizations are facing now: how to secure AI applications, protect connected infrastructure, prevent clinical disruption, strengthen resilience and prepare for emerging threats.
Topics include:
- AI security and governance
- Executive cybersecurity and privacy strategy
- Medical device and connected infrastructure security
- Cyber resilience, incident response and recovery
- Threat intelligence and collective defense
- Digital health infrastructure
- Healthcare cybersecurity workforce challenges
Together, these discussions offer a practical look at where healthcare cybersecurity is headed and what organizations can do today to prepare.
Session Preview
Sessions subject to change. Visit the Healthcare Summit agenda for the full and most up-to-date schedule and speaker information.
Securing the Enterprise: Leading Cybersecurity and Privacy Strategy from the C-Suite
Speaker: Richard Staynings, Professor, Author, Chief Security Strategist, University of Denver
Cybersecurity is now an executive-level responsibility. This session focuses on aligning cybersecurity, privacy, governance and business strategy to strengthen enterprise resilience.
The Double-Edged Algorithm: Navigating Security Risks in Agentic AI and Frontier Model Deployments
Speaker: Francesco (Frank) Corral, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
AI is moving quickly across healthcare, but adoption brings new security questions. This session explores the risks tied to agentic AI and frontier model deployments, helping leaders think more critically about how to innovate responsibly.
Life on the Line: Securing Medical Devices and Connected Infrastructure in Modern Healthcare
Speakers: Janine Medina, MSL, MEng, MSc, Executive Director, Biohacking Village
Jorge Acevedo Canabal, MD, Visiting Scholar, The Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University
Michael Aguilar, Principal Consultant, Sophos Red Team
David Nathans, Global CISO, Stryker
Connected medical devices and healthcare infrastructure are essential to modern care delivery. This discussion looks at how organizations can better protect critical technologies while supporting safe, uninterrupted patient care.
Reserve Your Spot
Healthcare cybersecurity is not standing still, and neither should the conversations shaping its future.
Through this inaugural summit, Black Hat and HIMSS are bringing healthcare and cybersecurity professionals together for a focused day of practical learning, meaningful discussion and actionable takeaways designed for the healthcare industry.
Register for the Healthcare Summit at Black Hat USA today and use the HIMSS discount code GC200 to save $200 on your registration.