2026 Horizon Report: The New Reality of Healthcare Cybersecurity
Healthcare cybersecurity has entered a new phase. The era of isolated, headline-grabbing mega-breaches is giving way to something more demanding and more dangerous: constant disruption. In 2025, healthcare organizations experienced significantly more cyber incidents than the year before, yet those breaches affected fewer patient records overall. On the surface, that might sound like progress. In […]
CISO Brief: 7 Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions for 2026
In 2026, healthcare cybersecurity is shifting from reacting to crises toward building resilience that endures. Innovation, regulation, and collaboration are accelerating, and healthcare leaders across the sector are meeting this moment with renewed clarity and purpose. These seven healthcare cybersecurity predictions reflect how our industry is defending smarter, working together more intentionally, and rethinking what […]
Why Healthcare Vulnerability Threat Management Breaks Down and How to Fix It
Fortified has a new webinar that explores why Vulnerability Threat Management (VTM) in the healthcare space is too important to be conducted haphazardly. It’s critical to find a tool that lets you prioritize vulnerabilities, spot trends instantly, and quickly filter by vulnerability type and severity. The Reality of Vulnerability Overload Without such a tool, managing […]
The Reality of Incident Response Readiness in Healthcare
Incident response should never be reactive. Incident Response readiness must be proactive and measurable, driven by a real commitment to continuous improvement. As management guru Peter Drucker famously said, “If you can measure it, you can improve it.” Yet at many healthcare organizations, Incident Response is static and disorganized: plans that have never been adequately […]
CISO Brief: A Look Back at Healthcare Cybersecurity in 2025, A Year Defined by Disruption
As 2025 comes to a close, it’s impossible not to view the year through a wide-angle lens. Healthcare cybersecurity in 2025 did not follow a clean, predictable arc. Instead, it delivered a series of sharp turns, unexpected pivots, and both hard-earned wins and hard-learned lessons. If 2024 felt volatile, 2025 reaffirmed that volatility is now the default operating […]
Inside a Healthcare Ransomware Battle: How Preparation Saved Patients
With 25 years in cybersecurity, including experience at the Department of Defense and National Security Agency, Phil Alexander has seen the full spectrum of cyber threats. Since founding his consultancy and working extensively with healthcare organizations, he’s gained unique insights into the industry’s specific vulnerabilities and the most effective strategies to address them. His experience […]
When Cyber Threats Hit Rural Hospitals: Lessons from the Front Lines
A savvy CEO leads a rural hospital through a cybersecurity crisis Cybersecurity attacks on rural hospitals are no longer a question of “if,” but “when.” For Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine, that moment came during Chrissi Maguire’s tenure as CEO. A longtime financial and operational leader turned hospital chief, Maguire had to […]
Incident Response Programs vs. Incident Response Retainers
When it comes to cybersecurity, every healthcare organization knows it needs an Incident Response (IR) capability, but far fewer realize that having an IR retainer alone isn’t enough. Many sign on for Incident Response Retainers (IRR), assuming that a bucket of pre-paid hours means peace of mind when a breach occurs. The reality? Both approaches […]
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Fortified Veteran Honors His Uncle’s Legacy
Sometimes you set out to honor a veteran’s service. And sometimes, that veteran uses his story to honor someone else. For Mike Gregory, a Fortified Health Security vCISO and retired U.S. Air Force veteran, Veterans Day is not only about his own three decades of service. It is about the man whose courage, humor, and […]
Carrying the Legacy Forward: How a Family History of Service Shaped a Path from Navy to Cybersecurity
For Fortified Health Security vCISO, Troy Cruzen, service isn’t just something he randomly chose; it’s something he dreamed about. Growing up in Michigan, history surrounded Troy. His father, a history buff, filled their home with books about U.S. presidents, military history/wars, and board games that recreated famous Civil War battles, such as Battle Cry. Later, he discovered a family member who had recorded the family history in a thick, leather-bound book, […]