Cybersecurity for Healthcare + Life Sciences
Cybersecurity threats in the healthcare sector take on many forms. Here are just a few:
- Malware, data breaches, and insider threats expose affected patients' protected health information (PHI).
- Successful ransomware attacks oftentimes lead to IT network disruptions, which can limit facilities' ability to provide patient care.
- Cyber threat actors (CTAs) use phishing attacks to compromise employees' inboxes and conduct business email compromise (BEC) scams, costing healthcare facilities and organizations in their supply chain both time and money.
Taken together, the threats discussed above undermine the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of information handled by healthcare organizations. Patients may not be able to receive life-saving treatment in a timely manner as a result.
Top Security Concerns
Stringent Regulations
Highly-targeted by Cyber Threat Actors
Security Talent Shortages
Undertrained Employees and the High Cost of Employee Error
Supply Chain and Third-party Vulnerabilities
What Our Members Are Saying
Overview
Cybersecurity threats in the healthcare sector take on many forms. Here are just a few:
- Malware, data breaches, and insider threats expose affected patients' protected health information (PHI).
- Successful ransomware attacks oftentimes lead to IT network disruptions, which can limit facilities' ability to provide patient care.
- Cyber threat actors (CTAs) use phishing attacks to compromise employees' inboxes and conduct business email compromise (BEC) scams, costing healthcare facilities and organizations in their supply chain both time and money.
Taken together, the threats discussed above undermine the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of information handled by healthcare organizations. Patients may not be able to receive life-saving treatment in a timely manner as a result.
Top Security Concerns
- Stringent Regulations
- Highly-targeted by Cyber Threat Actors
- Security Talent Shortages
- Undertrained Employees and the High Cost of Employee Error
- Supply Chain and Third-party Vulnerabilities
What Our Members Are Saying
Solutions
Hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other healthcare providers store tremendous amounts of PHI and need 24x7x365 uninterrupted access to their systems to properly care for patients. The issue is that they do not always have the resources for cutting-edge cyber defenses.
CIS offers many solutions that can help.
Stringent Regulations
Available to All Healthcare Organizations:
- Streamline Your Implementation of CIS Security Best Practices with CIS SecureSuite®
- Remove the Guesswork from Hardening Your Systems with the CIS Benchmarks™
- Strengthen Your Defenses against Common Cyber Threats with the CIS Controls®
- Simplify Secure Configuration Management in the Cloud with CIS Hardened Images®
- Implement and Assess Your Security Posture Against the Controls with the CIS Risk Assessment Method (RAM)
Available to Public Healthcare Organizations:
- Improve Your Cyber Defenses with Help From the MS-ISAC®
- Monitor Your Network for Malicious Activity with Albert Network Monitoring and Management
- Gain Real-Time Visibility into Your Endpoints with CIS Endpoint Security Services (ESS)
- Filter False Positivies out of Your Threat Reviews with Managed Security Services (MSS)
- Subject Your Defenses to a Simulated Cyber Attack with Penetration Testing
- Audit Your Network and Manage Your Vulnerabilities
Highly Targeted by Cyber Threat Actors
Available to All Healthcare Organizations:
- Streamline Your Implementation of CIS Security Best Practices with CIS SecureSuite®
- Remove the Guesswork from Hardening Your Systems with the CIS Benchmarks™
- Strengthen Your Defenses against Common Cyber Threats with the CIS Controls®
- Simplify Secure Configuration Management in the Cloud with CIS Hardened Images®
- Implement and Assess Your Security Posture against the Controls with the CIS Risk Assessment Method (CIS RAM)
Available to Public Healthcare Organizations:
- Improve Your Cyber Defenses with Help From the MS-ISAC®
- Monitor Your Network for Malicious Activity with Albert Network Monitoring and Management
- Gain Real-Time Visibility into Your Endpoints with CIS Endpoint Security Services (ESS)
- Proactively Block Requests to Known Malicious Domains at Bay with MDBR+
- Audit Your Network and Manage Your Vulnerabilities
Security Talent Shortages
Available to All Healthcare Organizations:
- Remove the Guesswork from Hardening Your Systems with the CIS Benchmarks™
- Check the Availability of CIS Hardened Images on all Major CSPS
- Implement and Assess Your Security Posture against the Controls with the CIS Risk Assessment Method (RAM)
Available to Public Healthcare Organizations:
- Improve Your Cyber Defenses with Help From the MS-ISAC®
- Monitor Your Network for Malicious Activity with Albert Network Monitoring and Management
- Gain Real-Time Visibility into Your Endpoints with CIS Endpoint Security Services (ESS)
- Proactively Block Requests to Known Malicious Domains at Bay with MDBR+
- Subject Your Defenses to a Simulated Cyber Attack with Penetration Testing
- Audit Your Network and Manage Your Vulnerabilities
Undertrained Employees and the Cost of Human Error
Available to All Healthcare Organizations:
- Streamline Your Implementation of CIS Security Best Practices with CIS SecureSuite®
- Remove the Guesswork from Hardening Your Systems with the CIS Benchmarks™
- Strengthen Your Defenses against Common Cyber Threats with the CIS Controls®
- Simplify Secure Configuration Management in the Cloud with CIS Hardened Images®
- Implement and Assess Your Security Posture against the Controls with the CIS Risk Assessment Method (RAM)
Available to Public Healthcare Organizations:
- Improve Your Cyber Defenses with Help From the MS-ISAC®
- Monitor Your Network for Malicious Activity with Albert Network Monitoring and Management
- Gain Real-Time Visibility into Your Endpoints with CIS Endpoint Security Services (ESS)
- Proactively Block Requests to Known Malicious Domains at Bay with MDBR+
- Subject Your Defenses to a Simulated Cyber Attack with Penetration Testing
- Audit Your Network and Manage Your Vulnerabilities
Supply Chain and Third-Party Vulnerabilities
Available to All Healthcare Organizations:
- Streamline Your Implementation of CIS Security Best Practices with CIS SecureSuite®
- Remove the Guesswork from Hardening Your Systems with the CIS Benchmarks™
- Strengthen Your Defenses against Common Cyber Threats with the CIS Controls®
- Simplify Secure Configuration Management in the Cloud with CIS Hardened Images®
- Implement and Assess Your Security Posture against the Controls with the CIS Risk Assessment Method (RAM)
Available to Public Healthcare Organizations:
- Improve Your Cyber Defenses with Help From the MS-ISAC®
- Monitor Your Network for Malicious Activity with Albert Network Monitoring and Management
- Gain Real-Time Visibility into Your Endpoints with CIS Endpoint Security Services (ESS)
- Subject Your Defenses to a Simulated Cyber Attack with Penetration Testing
- Audit Your Network and Manage Your Vulnerabilities