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Security in Healthcare

Berghem runs penetration testing for hospitals, clinics, labs, and health-tech platforms, covering electronic health records, connected medical devices, and FHIR/HL7 APIs. We treat health data as sensitive personal data under LGPD and HIPAA, delivering evidence that Security and clinical teams can prioritize and remediate without disrupting patient care.

Sector Focus

Why healthcare needs specialized security

Healthcare is the most targeted sector for ransomware. Legacy medical devices, distributed clinical networks, and exhaustive privacy regulation (HIPAA, LGPD-Health, EU MDR) create an attack surface no generic program covers.

Sector Reality
$10.93M
average breach cost in healthcare — the highest of any sector
#1
most targeted sector for ransomware
93%
of healthcare organizations suffered an attack in the past 3 years
213
median days to contain a healthcare breach
Main Threats

Why healthcare needs specialized security

PHI exfiltration

EMR/EHR theft, patient records sold on underground markets.

Ransomware on clinical systems

Imaging, lab, EMR — patient care shutdown.

Medical device exploitation

Pumps, monitors, imaging — legacy firmware and exposed protocols.

Healthcare supply chain

Compromise via billing, revenue cycle, and SaaS vendors.

Snooping and insider abuse

Unauthorized access to patient records, identity theft.

FHIR / HL7 API security

Misconfigured FHIR endpoints exposing PHI at the API layer.

How We Help
Ethical Hacking Tests
DevSecOps
Compliance & Audit
Incident Response

To get started, hire a penetration testing company with a scope aligned to HIPAA and LGPD.

Compliance & Frameworks
HIPAAHITECHLGPDEU MDRGDPRNIST SP 800-66HITRUST CSFISO 27799IEC 62304
Standard requires penetration testing or a security assessment

Chatbots under regulation

Adversarial testing for health assistants that handle sensitive data.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about hospital security

What does a hospital penetration test cover?
We cover the surfaces where a flaw becomes patient or data risk: electronic health records, PACS/imaging, laboratory systems, patient portals and apps, FHIR/HL7 APIs, and connected medical devices. The goal is to chain flaws until we demonstrate improper access to health data or disruption of clinical systems, always with synthetic data.
How do HIPAA and LGPD apply to health data?
Health data is sensitive personal data under LGPD and protected health information under HIPAA, with reinforced requirements for lawful basis, minimization, and security. Penetration testing evidences whether records, exams, and patient identifiers can be reached outside consent, supporting compliance and responses to regulatory audits.
Do you test medical devices and connected equipment?
Yes. We assess infusion pumps, monitors, imaging workstations, and clinical gateways, analyzing legacy firmware, exposed protocols (HL7, DICOM), and network segmentation. We work within agreed windows and perform no irreversible operations, so patient care is never affected during the test.
Can the test run without stopping patient care?
Yes. We plan scope, windows, and boundaries with clinical and IT teams, prioritizing staging environments for intrusive actions and synthetic data in production. The goal is reproducible evidence with business impact, with no downtime of critical systems and no risk to patients.
Get Started

Ready to protect patient data and clinical uptime?

Talk to a senior consultant about a tailored engagement for hospitals, medical devices, or health-tech platforms.

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