Ransomware on hospitals
Encrypted EHRs divert ambulances and delay surgery. Our SOC detects intrusion and lateral movement early, severing the kill chain before clinical systems are touched.
Healthcare
When the network goes down, patients are at risk.
Hospitals, health systems, payers, and digital-health companies hold the most sensitive data there is — and run life-critical systems on networks attackers know they'll pay to recover. S-Security protects PHI and EHR systems, secures connected medical devices, and keeps care running when ransomware comes knocking.
Threat landscape
Why attackers target healthcare
A medical record sells for far more than a credit card, and a hospital can't afford downtime — which makes the sector a ransomware magnet.
Medical device & IoT
Infusion pumps, imaging systems, and monitors often run unpatched, legacy code. We discover, segment, and watch every connected device so an attacker can't pivot through it.
PHI & EHR theft
Patient records fuel insurance and identity fraud for years. Data-centric monitoring catches exfiltration from your EHR and data warehouses before it becomes a breach notification.
Phishing & credential theft
Busy clinicians are prime phishing targets. AI-driven email defense and identity monitoring stop the stolen-login attacks that begin most healthcare breaches.
Third-party & vendor risk
Billing partners, labs, and telehealth vendors all touch PHI. We monitor business-associate connections and the integrations that turn a vendor breach into yours.
Insider & access misuse
Snooping on celebrity records or over-broad access is both a HIPAA violation and a breach vector. Behavior analytics surface inappropriate PHI access automatically.
Compliance
HIPAA you can prove
Compliance isn't a binder on a shelf — it's continuous evidence that controls are working. We operationalize the Security Rule and produce what OCR auditors ask for.
- HIPAA Security Rule — administrative, physical, and technical safeguards with continuous monitoring and documented risk analysis.
- HITECH & Breach Notification — detection, scoping, and the 60-day reporting workflow handled end to end if an incident occurs.
- HITRUST CSF — control mapping and evidence to support certification efforts.
- FDA premarket & postmarket guidance — security support for connected and software-as-a-medical-device products.
How S-Security helps
The services behind the protection
Defense designed around uptime, patient safety, and the realities of clinical IT.
Managed Detection & Response
24/7 monitoring across clinical and corporate networks, tuned to catch ransomware before it spreads.
Explore MDRIncident Response & DFIR
Rapid containment and HIPAA breach-notification support that keeps care running and regulators informed.
Explore IRZero Trust Architecture
Segment clinical networks and devices so a compromised workstation can't reach the EHR or the OR.
Explore Zero TrustPenetration Testing
Testing for EHR portals, medical devices, and the connected systems that touch patient data.
Explore Pen TestingCloud & Workload Security
Posture management for cloud EHRs, telehealth platforms, and analytics environments holding PHI.
Explore Cloud SecurityThreat Intelligence
Tracking the ransomware crews and data brokers that specialize in healthcare targets.
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Avg. cost of a healthcare breach
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Patient records exposed in a year
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Of breaches start with phishing
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Goal for every client we defend
Case study
A ransomware crew, evicted before encryption
A 400-bed regional hospital's phished credential gave attackers a foothold on a radiology workstation. They began scanning for domain controllers at 3 a.m. — exactly the moment our SOC caught the reconnaissance.
We isolated the host, killed the attacker's tooling, and rotated the compromised account within minutes. Imaging stayed online, no EHR was touched, and not a single appointment was diverted. The post-incident review hardened device segmentation across the campus.
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Patients diverted
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Records encrypted
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To full containment
"It's like having an invisible ninja guarding every endpoint and every infusion pump. We went from firefighting daily to actually getting ahead of threats — and our HIPAA audits are painless now."
David OkoroIT Director · Helix Health
FAQ
Healthcare security questions
How do you keep clinical systems running during an attack?
We detect intrusions early and contain them surgically — isolating a single compromised host rather than taking the network down. Network segmentation keeps the EHR, imaging, and OR systems insulated, so care continues even while we evict the attacker.
Can you secure legacy medical devices that can't be patched?
Yes. We discover and fingerprint every connected device, place unpatchable ones in tightly controlled network segments, and monitor their traffic for any abnormal behavior — protecting them without disrupting clinical use.
Do you support HIPAA breach notification if we have an incident?
Completely. Our DFIR team scopes exactly what PHI was accessed, documents the forensic timeline, and supports the HITECH 60-day notification process — working alongside your privacy officer and legal counsel.
Will you sign a Business Associate Agreement?
Yes. We execute a BAA as a standard part of onboarding and operate under HIPAA-aligned controls, so your covered entity stays compliant in how we handle and protect your data.
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