Nelson Advisors Chairs the 'Health Data Under Attack: Emerging Vulnerabilities in Healthcare' Panel at Health Tech Forward 2025

Nelson Advisors Partner Lloyd Price Chaired the 'Health Data Under Attack: Emerging Vulnerabilities in Healthcare panel' at Health Tech Forward 2025 in Barcelona this week.

The  panel focused around 5 main questions debated by the guests Laura, Alberto and Naoufal.

1) Laura Busquet Raich, Head of Data Protection and ComplianceConsorci de Salut i Social de Catalunya

2) Alberto Pedrouzo Ulloa, Universidade de VigoatlanTTic, Universidade de Vigo

3) Naoufal Elazzouzi, Research Engineer, Gradiant

Health Data Under Attack: Emerging Vulnerabilities in Healthcare

1. How does the "Legacy Debt" of healthcare infrastructure compromise modern healthcare cyber security?
 
Healthcare organisations often layer new digital tools over outdated technical foundations. This question for the panel explored the friction between the need for innovation and the reality of aging systems that were never designed for today's threat landscape
 
2. How is the definition of "Patient Safety" evolving to include Cyber-Resilience?
 
This theme shifts the narrative from "data privacy" (protecting the record) to "patient safety" (protecting lives) for the panel, acknowledging that cyberattacks now have physical consequences and affect the delivery of care.
 
3. Are third-party partnerships the new "Backdoor" into health data?
 
As healthcare delivery becomes more decentralised, the "perimeter" of the hospital dissolves into the local community. This question for the panel examined the risks inherited from the vast supply chain of vendors, from billing processors to cloud providers.
 
4. How will AI weaponise and defend the next generation of health data breaches?
 
Artificial Intelligence is a double-edged sword. This question for the panel explored the impending "arms race" between threat actors using AI to exploit systems and defenders using AI to patch them.
 
5. Is the "Human Firewall" of people failing due to clinical burnout and care complexity?
 
Technology is only as strong as the people using it. This question for the panel addressed the psychological and ergonomic factors that make healthcare workers uniquely vulnerable to social engineering.

Health Tech Forward 2025
  
Conference Name: Health Tech Forward 2025

Location: Palau de Congressos de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain.

Dates: December 3-4, 2025.

Focus: Europe's premier event for health tech innovation and investment, featuring keynote speeches, dynamic panel discussions, and targeted 1:1 networking opportunities.

Panel Topic Context: The panel falls under the track/topic of cybersecurity, compliance, and collaboration(often referred to as the "3C's"), addressing the critical security challenges facing the healthcare sector as it adopts new technologies.
  
The conference agenda often covers themes ranging from AI insights and clinical breakthroughs to consumer tech & wellness.
  
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