The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) announced on 20 May 2024 the launch of the Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense (UPGRADE) program. This cybersecurity effort will invest more than $50 million to create tools for information technology (IT) teams to defend better the hospital environments they are tasked with securing.
Cyberattacks that hamper hospital operations can impact patient care while critical systems are down and can even lead to facility clo
