In healthcare, the stakes are high, providers can’t afford downtime. Ransomware attacks are not just disruptive — they can be a matter of life and death.

The same is true of organizations that support healthcare institutions. Insurers can’t fund lifesaving operations or process payments with compromised systems. Attackers can use sensitive patient data to commit fraud, identity theft, and more.

There’s a good reason why the healthcare industry is among the most commonly targeted by cybercriminals:

• Healthcare organizations often have complex, extensive attack surfaces. In addition to the attack vectors all enterprises share, you have additional endpoints like medical equipment, Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions, and personal devices.
• PHI data has a high value on Dark Web marketplaces. Cybercriminals know they can rely on this data to run long-term scams, conduct health insurance fraud, and steal patients’ identities.
• Healthcare breaches often put leadership in an ethical bind. Hackers know their demands are likely to be met because the alternative would involve compromising the health and safety of patients.

Ransomware is a major threat for healthcare providers and their partners, but it’s not the only one. Healthcare organizations need to protect themselves from multiple risks, including:

• Noncompliance fines. Organizations that fail to demonstrate compliance can face serious fines and reputational damage. Don’t let your organization be unprepared for an audit.
• Insider risk and credential theft. Malicious insiders, negligent employees, and social engineering all represent insider risk. Very few security technologies can address these risks effectively.
• Extortion attacks. Hackers may not need to encrypt sensitive data at all. They may simply steal it and threaten to publish it unless their demands are met.
• Web application attacks. Healthcare web portals are vulnerable to web application attacks that can leak sensitive data to threat actors.
• Supply Chain disruptions. Compromised systems can prevent providers from obtaining medicines and or equipment needed for day to day operations

Effectively managing these risks requires a comprehensive set of security solutions that cover every endpoint in the environment. Every interaction between users, devices, and applications on the network needs to be carefully analyzed for threat content.

Lumifi is a managed detection and response vendor that specializes in 24/7 monitoring and response using best-in-class technologies. We have in-depth experience implementing each pillar of the SOC Visibility Triad and augmenting those technologies to provide robust protection.

We leverage a proprietary SOC automation tool called Lumifi ShieldVision™ to provide comprehensive insight into security alerts in near real-time. Our researchers and engineers continuously fine-tune our models to improve performance, reduce false positives, and detect the latest threats.

Rely on our expertise to guide your healthcare security implementation, with deeply customized rulesets that leverage User Entity and Behavioral Analytics (UEBA) to catch threat actors using stolen credentials to attack healthcare networks.

In fact, catching malicious insiders in healthcare institutions is one of the primary use cases behind UEBA technology. Traditional security tools can’t provide the depth and context security teams need to detect these attacks in a healthcare environment.