Sector

Healthcare and pharma.

Patient data is the most valuable record class on criminal markets and the slowest to lose value. Meanwhile clinical systems cannot simply be taken offline for patching.

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At a glance

Sector: Healthcare
Typical scope: Application, API and infrastructure testing
Frameworks: HIPAA for US-facing operations
Retest: Included
Bundle: Testing plus compliance in one timeline

01Threat profile

What we see in this sector.

Regulatory pressureHIPAA for US-facing operations, GDPR for European patients, DPDP Act in India, plus sectoral clinical requirements.

What attackers targetPatient record stores, appointment and telehealth platforms, connected medical devices, and the flat networks joining them.

What we see mostLegacy clinical systems on unsegmented networks, and patient portals with weak authorisation between records.

Where audits failBusiness associate agreements never flowed down, and no evidence anyone tested whether the network segmentation exists.

02Next

Recommended services.

SVC 03Network

The perimeter is one phishing email deep. We test what an attacker reaches from outside, and separately what they achieve once they are already inside.

SVC 01Web Application

Your web application is your largest attack surface and the one your customers touch. We test it the way an attacker would: authenticated, unauthenticated, and everywhere your framework defaults do not reach.

CMP 03GDPR

If you process the personal data of people in the EU or UK, GDPR applies whether or not you have an office there. We build the data map, the assessments and the processes that make that defensible.

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