Author Archives: Kaisa Sulasalmi

One-Pixel Attack Deceives Computer-Assisted Diagnosis of Cancer

Computer vision and machine learning can be used to automate various tasks in cancer diagnostic and detection. If an attacker can manipulate the automated processing, the results can be devastating and in the worst case lead to wrong diagnosis and treatment. In this research, the goal is to demonstrate the use of one-pixel attacks in […]

Color-Optimized One-Pixel Attack Against Digital Pathology Images

Modern artificial intelligence based medical imaging tools are vulnerable to model fooling attacks. Automated medical imaging methods are used for supporting the decision making by classifying samples as regular or as having characters of abnormality. One use of such technology is the analysis of whole-slide image tissue samples. Consequently, attacks against artificial intelligence based medical […]

The National Cyber Security Exercise 2021

We are organizing a Finnish State Administration National Cyber ​​Security Exercise 2021 (KYHA21VH), from 17th of May to 21st of May 2021. The National Cyber Security Exercise is a technical-operational exercise that focuses on handling cyber incidents in escalated situations. The learning objectives of the exercise include information sharing and joint coordination efforts between participants. […]

Real life medical equipment and simulated public health services in healthcare cyber security exercises

The Healthcare Cyber Range project (HCCR) is getting ready for a pilot cyber security exercise in September 2021. The project is extending the Realistic Global Cyber Environment RGCE at JYVSECTEC to meet the training needs of healthcare actors. The healthcare cyber security exercises are not intended only for ICT experts, but for broader set of experts as well. Basic knowledge of cyber security and the effects of a […]

One-Pixel Attacks Against Medical Imaging: A Conceptual Framework

This paper explores the applicability of one-pixel attacks against medical imaging. Successful attacks are threats that could cause mistrust towards artificial intelligence solutions and the healthcare system in general. Nowadays it is common to build artificial intelligence models to classify medical imaging modalities as either normal or as having indications of disease. One-pixel attack is […]

Assessing Cyber Security Education through NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This paper presents the results of research and assessment of cyber security education in higher education in Europe and the United States of America. The quantitative research data of the education curricula was gathered and mapped to NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NCWF) categories to provide a common background for data comparison and analysis. The research […]

Measuring Learning in a Cyber Security Exercise

In recent years, cyber security exercises have established themselves as an integral part of cyber security education. Cyber security professionals usually work as a part of a team that monitors and responds to incidents in the environment. A sufficiently realistic complex learning environment is necessary for collaborative learning at the expert level. Evaluating the learning […]

A Handbook on Cyber Security Incident Response Processes for Healthcare Actors 

We have created a handbook for healthcare operators to improve their cyber security awareness and incident management skills. The handbook includes guidelines and checklists about preparing for cyber incidents, incident response and incident recovery. The target group is the Finnish healthcare sector, hence it was written in Finnish, although the concepts largely apply universally and […]

Healthcare under attack – Cyber security incident response in times of pandemic

These days we can constantly read about new cyberattacks against private and public actors. Even before COVID-19, the healthcare sector was a target of cyberattacks, but during the crisis the attacks have intensified, and the awareness about the importance of securing the healthcare and medical sectors has increased. According to fintechnews.org, 80% of companies have […]

Modelling Medical Devices with Honeypots

Cyber security is one of the key priorities in the modern digitalised and complex network totality. One of the major domains of interest is the healthcare sector where a cyber incident may cause unprecedented circumstances. In the healthcare domain there are abundant networked systems, software and hardware, which may be vulnerable for a cyber intrusion […]