PROTECT CARE
UNDER PRESSURE.
Stopping ransomware or insider misuse isn't just a compliance checkbox, it is a question of continuity of care. We validate that PHI, IT workflows, and hospital operations stay online when adversaries arrive.
Risk Landscape
Healthcare leads every breach report for cost and consequence.
The stats below are straight from industry reports, they shape how we prioritize testing scopes and reporting narratives.
$11.0M
Average cost of a healthcare breach
IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2024
133M+
Patient records exposed in 2023
U.S. HHS Breach Portal 2023
82%
Ransomware intrusions targeting hospitals
HC3 / FBI 2024 Joint Advisory
Regulatory Alignment
Map technical evidence to HIPAA, HITRUST, and sponsor demands.
HIPAA & HITECH reality
- →Technical safeguard validation
- →Breach notification rehearsal
- →Security Rule risk analysis evidence
- →Business associate oversight
HITRUST, SOC 2 & ISO
- →HITRUST r2 requirement mapping
- →CC6/CC7 control testing for SOC 2 Type II
- →ISO 27001 Annex A overlays for PHI
- →Continuous control monitoring outputs
Recent Incidents
Lessons we bake into every playbook.
Change Healthcare (Optum)
2024
Impact: Ransomware halted national claims clearinghouse workflows; UnitedHealth disclosed $872M in direct impact.
Duration: Weeks of outage with manual claims processing nationwide.
CommonSpirit Health
2022
Impact: 140+ hospitals impacted, elective procedures delayed, $160M+ financial hit.
Duration: Nearly four weeks of system recovery.
Scripps Health
2021
Impact: Epic offline, ambulances diverted, $112.7M in remediation and lost revenue.
Duration: 30 days of EHR downtime.
HHS Public Breach Disclosure
2023
Impact: 3.2M patient records exposed via unsecured PACS archive accessible on the internet.
Duration: Data accessible for multiple months before takedown.
Show boards, regulators, and clinicians that every pathway to PHI is defended.
Our deliverables pair detailed exploitation evidence with the HIPAA, HITRUST, and payer mappings your executives need to stay audit-ready.