How Managed XDR Strengthened Cyber Defense at a Vermont Hospital
In rural northeastern Vermont, where resources are limited and teams wear multiple hats, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) faced a familiar cybersecurity challenge: too much noise and inadequate protection. To address this, they turned to managed xdr solutions. “Before XDR, I was up every night,” said Michael DeCota, NVRH’s Senior Infrastructure Architect & Security Analyst. […]
Why Healthcare Needs a Different Kind of SOC
What works in a traditional SOC can fail in a hospital, and the consequences are far more human. During Fortified Health Security’s recent webinar, Alerts to Action: The Needs of a Healthcare SOC, Fortified’s VP of Threat Services, Preston Duren, and Director of Threat Defense, Jake Bice, took a deeper dive into the differences between […]
The Critical Role of Healthcare Cybersecurity Escalations
Healthcare cybersecurity is personal. That’s because it’s not just about protecting data; it’s about protecting lives. The stakes in healthcare are high, so effective healthcare cybersecurity escalations are crucial to ensuring patient safety and maintaining operational integrity. A breach can disrupt everything, from essential services to critical treatments to private patient information. That’s why […]
How Mature is your Healthcare SOC?
To combat increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats, healthcare entities must transition their Security Operations Center (SOC) from a reactive resource to a proactive and predictive force. But a SOC, especially in healthcare, doesn’t reach optimum levels overnight. In this post, we explore the evolutionary stages of SOC maturity, offering key insights on how healthcare organizations can […]
How a Continuous SOC Protects Healthcare Data
The rise in cyber threats coupled with the complexity of healthcare IT infrastructure calls for a proactive approach to cybersecurity in healthcare. Many organizations are turning to Managed Security Services Providers (MSSPs) to establish and maintain a continuous Healthcare Security Operations Center (SOC). Let’s delve into why and how an MSSP-driven cybersecurity SOC is vital […]
Breaking Silos: How SOC and Compliance Teams Can Transform Healthcare Security
Security Operations Centers (SOCs) and Compliance teams may seem like natural allies in healthcare cybersecurity. Both are tasked with limiting risk, protecting an organization from cyber threats, and staying on the right side of regulatory standards. Despite their similar goals, however, SOCs and Compliance teams don’t always have strong partnerships. This presents a missed opportunity […]
Take Control of your Healthcare Security with Threat Hunting
What is threat hunting? Similar to how early detection and prevention are crucial to maintaining patient health, threat hunting plays a critical role in identifying potential cyber threats and breaches before they occur. Within a Security Operations Center (SOC), threat hunters systematically search through an organization’s network, system, and data logs to identify any anomalies […]
Should You Build or Buy SOC Operations?
Every organization has unique cyber security risks. You can protect your data from external threats by assessing these risks and creating a security plan. Generally, this process involves either building an internal Security Operations Center (SOC) or partnering with a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP). What Factors Are Involved with Building a SOC? Some businesses […]
Understanding SIEM, MDR, and XDR in Healthcare
New cybersecurity innovations continue to fill the market each year as organizations attempt to stay ahead of threat actors. Sifting through all the options to find the solutions that best fit your healthcare organization’s needs can be a confusing and time-consuming challenge. Compounding the issue are the increasing pressures from cyber insurance providers and governing […]
Threat Hunting in Healthcare: What It Is & Why It Matters
Incident response is a vital part of a strong cybersecurity program. However, responding to cybersecurity threats and attacks is only part of the equation. Healthcare organizations need to be proactive in their security solutions, spotting threats before they lead to data loss. This is where threat hunting comes in. What is threat hunting? Threat hunting […]
