University of California San Diego School of Medicine received a $9.5 million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to conduct health cybersecurity research.
The reward will support research aimed at developing better practices that can prevent and mitigate ransomware attacks on hospitals and health systems, according to an Oct. 3 news release from UC San Diego Health.
Researchers will specifically focus on identifying early indicators of cyber threats through simulated ransomware attacks, and will create and test an emergency healthcare technology platform to be used in the event of an attack.
The aim of the new platform is to ensure continuity of healthcare services if a hospital or health system is hit by a cyberattack.