Healthcare cybersecurity where failure is not an option.
Hospitals and health systems are among the most targeted organisations for ransomware. Patient data is the highest-value target on criminal markets. Medical devices run legacy software that cannot be easily patched. And under NIS2, most hospital networks are now essential entities with mandatory security and incident reporting obligations. Security here requires understanding the threat and working within the operational reality — you cannot take down a clinical network for maintenance.
Healthcare faces threats that most sectors do not.
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Patient data is the highest-value target
Electronic health records command significant sums on criminal markets — more than payment card data. Healthcare organisations hold exactly what attackers want, and often with security postures that lag behind other sectors. A single breach can expose hundreds of thousands of records.
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Medical devices run software that cannot be patched
Imaging systems, infusion pumps, and patient monitoring equipment frequently run Windows XP or unpatched embedded software. They cannot be easily updated, cannot tolerate downtime, and sit on the same networks as administrative systems — creating persistent, exploitable vulnerabilities.
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Ransomware directly impacts patient safety
Ransomware against a hospital is not just a data incident — it shuts down clinical systems, diverts ambulances to other facilities, delays procedures, and forces staff to revert to paper processes. The consequences are measured in patient outcomes, not just euros and recovery costs.
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NIS2 now applies to most health entities
Under NIS2, hospitals, private clinics, and healthcare providers above the size threshold are classified as essential entities. That means mandatory risk management measures, security controls across clinical and administrative networks, and incident notification to the national competent authority within 24 hours of a significant incident.
Security that works within clinical constraints.
NIS2 compliance for healthcare
Gap analysis and compliance programme built specifically for healthcare sector obligations — covering essential entity classification, risk management measures, incident reporting procedures, and audit evidence.
Medical device security
Vulnerability assessment, network segmentation, and passive monitoring for OT/IoT medical devices. We assess risk and implement controls without taking devices offline or disrupting clinical operations.
Patient data protection
GDPR data mapping, access control reviews, retention policy design, and breach response planning for organisations handling electronic health records and sensitive patient information.
Clinical network segmentation
Architectural separation of clinical systems, medical devices, and administrative networks — limiting the blast radius of a compromise and meeting NIS2 network security requirements.
Ransomware resilience
Backup architecture assessment, recovery time objective planning, offline backup verification, and incident response procedures designed for healthcare operational constraints.
24/7 SOC monitoring
Continuous threat monitoring with detection logic tuned for healthcare-specific attack patterns — ransomware precursors, credential abuse on clinical systems, and anomalous access to patient data.
Plans
NIS2-ready security for healthcare. Three levels.
From essential protection to a 24/7 SOC across clinical and IT systems — scoped to your size, risk, and patient-data obligations.
SMB
Growing teams putting their first security program in place.
Monitoring & detection
Business-hours alerting, monthly review
Penetration testing
Annual external penetration test
Compliance & regulation
GDPR & NIS2 readiness assessment
Phishing simulations
Quarterly phishing simulation
Security awareness training
Security awareness e-learning
Technical support & hardening
Email support, best-effort SLA
Incident & breach response
Available as on-demand add-on
Corporate
Most chosenEstablished companies with active compliance obligations.
Monitoring & detection
24/7 SOC, real-time alerting
Penetration testing
Recurring internal & external testing
Compliance & regulation
NIS2 & GDPR implementation incl. patient-data controls
Phishing simulations
Monthly multi-vector campaigns & reporting
Security awareness training
Role-based training with phishing follow-ups
Technical support & hardening
Named contact, business-hours SLA
Incident & breach response
Response playbooks & guided remediation
Enterprise
Regulated and critical-infrastructure organisations.
Monitoring & detection
Dedicated 24/7 SOC across clinical & IT systems
Penetration testing
Continuous testing plus red-team exercises
Compliance & regulation
NIS2, GDPR & medical-device (MDR) security — end-to-end
Phishing simulations
Continuous social-engineering program (email, SMS, voice)
Security awareness training
Tailored tracks incl. executive & developer programs
Technical support & hardening
Dedicated team, 24/7 priority SLA
Incident & breach response
Breach-response retainer, on-call IR team
Common questions
What hospitals and clinics ask us.
- What is hospital cybersecurity?
- Hospital cybersecurity protects three things at once: clinical records, connected medical devices, and continuity of care. It differs from other sectors in that a system cannot simply be taken offline to patch it, and an outage does not affect data but patients.
- Does NIS2 apply to hospitals?
- Yes. Under NIS2, hospitals, private clinics and healthcare providers above the size threshold are classified as essential entities. That brings mandatory risk management measures, incident notification procedures and direct management accountability.
- How do you secure a medical device that cannot be patched?
- Imaging equipment, infusion pumps and patient monitors typically run embedded or unsupported software, accept no agent, and cannot be taken out of service. The applicable control is not patching but isolation: network segmentation, passive traffic monitoring and access control, so that a compromised device cannot reach the rest of the clinical network.
- Why is ransomware more serious in a hospital?
- Because it is not merely a data incident. Encryption halts clinical systems, forces ambulances to divert to other centres, delays procedures and sends staff back to paper. The impact is measured in interrupted care rather than exposed records, which is why the priority is resilience: verified offline backups and recovery times agreed in advance.