When Healthcare Lags, Banking Leaks: A Generative AI Framework to Stop Time‑Based Data Spills in Cross‑Sector Federated Learning
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63282/3050-9416.IJAIBDCMS-V5I4P126Keywords:
Federated Learning, Cross-Sector Cybersecurity, Temporal Side-Channel Leakage, Generative Adversarial Networks, Healthcare And Banking Collaboration, Regulatory Time Asymmetry, AWS Cloud PrivacyAbstract
In a cross-sector federated learning setup where hospitals and banks jointly train a cybersecurity AI, a quiet but dangerous problem emerges: hospitals often take weeks to report and remediate cyber threats, while banks must act within days or hours. This timing mismatch creates a subtle data leak, delayed model updates from healthcare nodes can unintentionally reveal patterns that expose sensitive banking data to an adversary. This paper introduces a human-centered generative AI framework that simulates and blocks such “time-based data spills.” Using a time-conditioned generative adversarial network (GAN), we first mimic how delayed healthcare updates distort the shared learning process. Then, a second defensive AI. a differentially private federated learner with adaptive noise learns to mask sector-specific footprints without forcing banks to wait for slow partners. We test the framework on an AWS cloud testbed using synthetic but realistic healthcare and banking transaction logs. Results show that our approach reduces cross-sector information leakage by over 70% while preserving detection accuracy above 90% for both sectors. Instead of demanding perfect synchronization, this work embraces real-world regulatory delays and offers a practical, privacy-respecting path for collaborative cybersecurity across industries that do not march to the same clock.
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