Security in Healthcare
Hospitals, life sciences, and medical device manufacturers operate environments where downtime risks lives and PHI is among the most regulated data on the planet.
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.
Compliance & Frameworks
Standard requires penetration testing or a security assessment