Cybersecurity Incident Response Program

Readiness Redefined, and Mobile

Fortified’s Incident Response (IR) Program gives you more than a retainer. It gives you confidence. For less than the cost of one hour of downtime per year, get a living IR Program with your entire plan, call tree, and contacts accessible right on your phone through Fortified Central Command.

Always Ready. Always Accessible.

Traditional IR solutions leave significant gaps for healthcare organizations. Fortified’s Incident Response Program is built to fill those gaps.

Traditional Incident Response Services

Fortified's Incident Response Program

Traditional Incident Response Services

Retainers Gather Dust
& Plans Go Stale.

Fortified's Incident Response Program

Proactive Program, Not Reactive Retainer

Unlike traditional retainers that sit unused until an incident occurs, our program includes:

  • Monthly IR readiness meetings to review threat landscape and plan updates
  • NIST-aligned proprietary roadmap across 15 readiness topics
  • Continuous plan maintenance as your environment evolves
  • Regular tabletop exercises to validate roles, gaps, and communications

The Result? When an incident occurs, Fortified already knows your environment, and everyone knows the plan. No learning curve. No wasted hours.

Traditional Incident Response Services

When Systems Go Down,
They Take the Plans with Them

Fortified's Incident Response Program

Always at Hand, Wherever You Are

With Fortified, you get Central Command. This means that even when your network is down you can access everything you need to respond to the incident, including:

  • Your complete IR plan and playbooks
  • Up-to-date contact trees and escalation procedures
  • Pre-defined alternate communication channels
  • Real-time incident status and response coordination

The Result? When systems go down due to a cyber event, recovery starts instantly—right from Central Command on desktop or mobile app.

Your IR Plan
Safely in Your Pocket

Accessible on desktop or mobile, the Incident Response module in Central Command platform allows you to:

  • Access your IR Plan any time, anywhere – even when your system is down
  • Submit an SOS in the event of an incident
  • Access your IR call tree
  • View and monitor your real-time IR Readiness Score
  • Review your IR Readiness Trend
  • Track progress against an IR Readiness Roadmap

Your Path to Incident Response Readiness

The Fortified Approach to Preparing Your Healthcare Organization for Before, During, and After an Incident

IR Readiness Assessment

Review processes and documents, such as IR plans, cyber insurance policies, and run books, to identify strengths and weaknesses in your current capabilities, targeting needed improvements.

IR Plan Development and Updates

We meet you where you're at in the process, building out an IR plan from scratch or building off of and updating your existing one.

Monthly IR Readiness Meetings

Regular meetings with your team to review IR readiness, address emerging risks, adapt to changing environments, refine IR plans, and ensure ongoing preparedness.

Tabletop Exercises (TTX)

You play like you practice. Through tabletop exercises, you'll practice breach and incident scenarios customized to your healthcare environment so that everyone, from executives to entry-level staff, understands their role.

IR Declaration Process

Develop processes for declaring and initiating incident response, including establishing escalation procedures and communication channels that incorporate Fortified's Incident Response team.

Active Incident Response

When an incident occurs, you need help. Fast. Through the retainer hours included in an Incident Response Program you will have priority access to our IR team. Our response times are the best in the industry, because we understand that it's not just about network access and financial repercussions. It's also about patient safety.

Post-Incident Analysis

The incident itself may be over, but there are many more conversations yet to come. Our comprehensive post-incident analysis helps identify and understand root causes, evaluate the response, and identify areas for improvement to fortify your incident response capabilities and prevent future incidents.

Torrance Memorial Medical Center

“Participating in the Incident Response tabletop exercise led by the Fortified team was an impressive experience. Their inclusive approach ensured that everyone’s voice was heard, including quieter participants. The scenarios they developed were customized to reflect our environment, which brought invaluable context and realism to our discussions. The attendees appreciated the Fortified team’s depth of knowledge in the Cybersecurity space. We also found their recommendations and insights enlightening. Thank you to the entire Fortified team – you’ve truly exceeded our expectations!”

– Bernadette Reid
VP of Information Technology / CIO

"You've truly exceeded our expectations!"

Available Incident Response Program Tiers

Fortified offers a tiered approach to help support your current and future incident response needs.

INCIDENT RESPONSE PACKAGES TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
Response hours* 20 40 80
Readiness review Included Included Included
Monthly readiness touchpoints Included Included Included
Tabletop exercises Sold separately 1 Included 2 Included

*Price protection available for hours needed beyond retained hours or declared incidents

Incident Response Services built for healthcare, tailored to you.

When it comes to Incident Response Services in healthcare, copy+paste solutions aren’t going to keep you and your patients protected. Start a conversation with us about what you’re trying to accomplish and the challenges you’re facing, and we’ll tell you exactly how we can help.

FAQs about Fortified's Incident Response Program

  • Current IR plan completeness and accuracy
  • Contact tree validation and alternate communications
  • Integration with insurance providers and legal counsel
  • Regulatory compliance readiness (HIPAA, state breach notification)
  • Technology and tool readiness (forensics, communication platforms)
  • Custom IR plan and playbooks tailored to your organization
  • Integration with Fortified’s 24/7 incident response team
  • Clear escalation procedures and communication channels
  • Mobile-ready format accessible through Central Command
  • Monthly updates to keep pace with your evolving environment
  • Ransomware attacks during patient surge
  • EHR system compromise and downtime procedures
  • Medical device security incidents
  • Insider threats and privileged access abuse
  • Third-party vendor breaches affecting your operations
  • Pre-defined triggers and escalation thresholds
  • Direct hotline to Fortified’s IR team (24/7/365)
  • Immediate activation of response resources
  • Coordination with your insurance carrier and legal counsel
  • Detection and analysis with advanced forensic capabilities
  • Containment, eradication, and recovery support
  • Gguidance on patient safety and clinical operations continuity
  • HIPAA breach notification support and regulatory navigation