Healthcare

Healthcare cybersecurity services that protect patients and care

We help medical practices, clinics and healthcare organizations protect patient data, meet the HIPAA Security Rule and keep clinical systems running when ransomware or an outage hits. You get a clear risk picture and a team that stays with it.

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  • HIPAA Security Rule risk analysis and roadmap
  • 24/7 detection and response across your systems
  • Ransomware readiness and recovery retainers
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The challenge

Why healthcare is harder to secure

Healthcare runs on systems that can’t be switched off: electronic health records, imaging, scheduling, billing and connected medical devices. Many of them are old, vendor-managed or shared across locations, and clinicians need fast access at every hour. Attackers know that downtime puts pressure on providers to pay.

Regulators expect more than good intentions. The HIPAA Security Rule requires an accurate, thorough risk analysis and ongoing risk management, and a missing or outdated risk analysis is one of the most common findings in federal HIPAA enforcement. HHS has also proposed Security Rule updates that would make expectations such as asset inventories, MFA and encryption more explicit.

  • Patient data spread across EHR, cloud apps and email
  • Legacy and vendor-managed clinical systems
  • Phishing aimed at busy front-desk and billing staff
  • Third parties with remote access to your network
  • Little tolerance for downtime during an incident

How we help

Healthcare cybersecurity compliance and protection

Start with the risk analysis, then add the services that close your biggest gaps.

HIPAA security risk assessment

A documented risk analysis of where ePHI lives, the threats to it and the safeguards in place, with a prioritized remediation plan.

HIPAA assessment

24/7 managed detection and response

Analysts monitor endpoints, network, cloud and identity around the clock and contain threats before they reach clinical systems.

Explore MDR

Ransomware readiness and recovery

Tabletop exercises, backup reviews and retainers that put forensic and recovery engineers in place before you need them.

Ransomware recovery

Penetration testing

Human-led testing of your network, web portals, wireless and staff, so you see what an attacker would find first.

Penetration testing

vCISO for healthcare

Security leadership that owns your HIPAA program, policies and vendor oversight, and reports to leadership in plain language.

vCISO services

Vendor and business associate risk

A repeatable way to review the vendors and business associates that store or access patient data.

Third-party risk

Practical guide

Six steps to healthcare practice cybersecurity compliance

Whether you run a single practice or a multi-site group, these are the steps that matter most. They reflect what regulators ask for and what stops the attacks we see most often.

1. Know which rules apply to you

HIPAA sets the baseline for protecting patient data, and the HITECH Act added breach notification duties and stronger enforcement. State laws can add more. In California, for example, medical information has its own confidentiality law. List every requirement that applies, including those in payer and partner contracts.

2. Complete a real risk analysis, and repeat it

Map where patient data is created, stored and sent, then rate the threats to each system. Use a structured framework such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework so results are consistent year over year. Update the analysis at least annually and whenever you add a major system, location or vendor.

3. Train your staff on the attacks they will see

Phishing, fake vendor invoices and phone pretexting target front-desk, billing and clinical staff. Short, regular training and simulated phishing build the habit of stopping and checking.

4. Limit access with roles and MFA

Give each person access to the data their role needs and nothing more. Require multi-factor authentication for email, remote access and any system that holds patient information, and remove access promptly when people leave.

5. Plan and rehearse your incident response

Write down who does what when something goes wrong, including how you’ll notify patients and regulators. Rehearse it with a tabletop exercise so the plan works under pressure.

6. Monitor your network and encrypt your data

Continuous monitoring catches unauthorized access early. Encrypt patient data in transit and at rest, secure Wi-Fi with WPA2 or WPA3, and keep offline or immutable backups so ransomware can’t take away your ability to recover.

Regulations and frameworks

Healthcare requirements we help you meet

  • HIPAA Security Rule risk analysis and risk management
  • HIPAA administrative, physical and technical safeguards
  • HITECH breach notification readiness
  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework maturity assessment
  • Business associate and vendor oversight
  • Incident response planning and tabletop exercises
  • SOC 2 readiness for healthcare technology companies
  • PCI DSS for patient card payments

FAQ

Healthcare cybersecurity questions

It helps providers protect patient data and keep clinical systems available. That usually covers a HIPAA risk analysis, 24/7 monitoring and response, penetration testing, staff training, incident response planning and ongoing security leadership. We deliver all of those and can run them as one program.

HIPAA requires an accurate and thorough risk analysis and ongoing risk management. Most organizations review it at least annually and after major changes such as a new EHR, a new location or a merger. HHS has proposed updates that would make an annual review explicit.

No. Small practices hold the same patient data as large systems and are often easier targets. We scale the work to your size, starting with the risk analysis and the few controls that reduce the most risk, such as MFA, backups and monitoring.

Keep tested, immutable backups, require MFA, monitor endpoints around the clock and rehearse your response with a tabletop exercise. An incident response and recovery retainer set up in advance means forensic and recovery engineers are already under agreement if you need them.

The number of locations, users and systems in scope, how much you want us to manage and whether you need ongoing monitoring or a one-time assessment. We scope the work after a short call and give you a fixed price.

Yes. We provide hospital cybersecurity consulting such as risk assessments, penetration testing and vCISO leadership, and we work alongside in-house IT and security teams where they exist.

Related services

Related services

HIPAA security risk assessment

A documented risk analysis and a plan to close the gaps.

HIPAA

24/7 MDR

Around-the-clock detection and response across your environment.

MDR

Tabletop exercises

Rehearse a ransomware scenario with your clinical and IT leaders.

Tabletop exercises

Biotech and life sciences

Security for research organizations that handle clinical data.

Biotech

Talk to a healthcare expert

Protect patient data and keep care running

Tell us about your practice or organization and an advisor will reply by email to set up a conversation.

  • A starting point based on your HIPAA obligations
  • Practical advice sized to your practice and team

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