Ransomware Risks in Healthcare

The healthcare industry provides critical and life-saving services to the general public. However, these priority systems also make the sector a popular target for cybercriminals orchestrating ransomware attacks. Ransomware attacks can easily disrupt operations, delay care, and force systems offline. This puts strain on these institutions to resume operations quickly – often pushing them to pay the ransom amount without a fight.

With such large amounts of confidential data processing taking place, hackers are also more likely to target healthcare facilities to exfiltrate and sell personal data. This can lead to potential identity theft, financial fraud, and privacy violations. Companies can also face legal consequences for failing to protect patient data according to local compliance regulations.

Healthcare organizations will often fail to prevent or detect ransomware attacks in time due to outdated infrastructure, budget restraints, and a lack of expertise. Hackers will leverage these vulnerabilities to conduct their attacks. Ransomware attacks also tend to target third-party vendors and supply chains to cause a wider range of disruptions and delays.

Organizations hit by a cyber-attack in 12 months.
88%

Organizations hit by a cyber-attack in 12 months.

US$ 13M
US$ 13M

Average cost of a cyber-attack.

Organizations hit by four ransomware attacks in two years.
54%

Organizations hit by four ransomware attacks in two years. 

Healthcare respondents confirming ransomware harms patients.
68%

Healthcare respondents confirming ransomware harms patients. 

Challenges Facing the Healthcare Industry

Targeting Antivirus and Backup Systems

Targeting Antivirus and Backup Systems

Hackers target antivirus and backup systems during ransomware attacks, exploiting outdated infrastructure and weak detection in healthcare. 

Increasing Threat Actors

Significant Increase of Threat Actors

Ransomware actors have grown, with more strains, groups and RaaS platforms using branding to boost ransom payments and attract novice hackers.

Surge of Initial Access Brokers (IAB)

Surge of Initial Access Brokers (IAB)

IABs gain unauthorized access and sell it, posing a major threat to healthcare cybersecurity through phishing and social engineering.

Sangfor's Approach to Healthcare Cybersecurity

The healthcare industry requires large-scale data processing and an enhanced security infrastructure to protect vulnerable data and ensure undisrupted patient care and services. Sangfor understands the need for efficiency and elevated security in such a critical sector and has curated a variety of tailored healthcare cybersecurity solutions to detect, prevent, and recover from ransomware attacks. Sangfor ensures that healthcare organizations remain protected across every stage of a ransomware attack – using proactive, intuitive, and integrated solutions to seamlessly mitigate ransomware attacks in real time. Sangfor uses a dedicated AI module within the initial stages of an attack to monitor and predict suspicious behavior – forming a baseline and proactively managing vulnerabilities. Enhanced threat intelligence and detection further ensure elevated investigative assessments of the system while a reliable backup and one-click recovery system protects data.

Sangfor's Approach to Healthcare Cybersecurity

Sangfor Anti-Ransomware Solutions

Endpoint Secure

Sangfor Endpoint Secure provides the timeline and full process of infiltration - addressing the entire ransomware attack lifecycle. The platform also makes use of a dedicated AI module for ransomware monitoring and predictions to identify most encryption behaviors with only a few samples - providing 99.83% detection accuracy for unknown ransomware and 100% detection accuracy for 127 known ransomware strains. Endpoint Secure is also the world’s only endpoint security solution with a built-in ransomware honeypot that allows it to strategically deploy bait files, detect ransomware encryption, and trigger immediate backup of user files.

Network Secure

The Sangfor Network Secure platform is a formidable next-generation firewall that provides proactive threat detection and mitigation. To combat ransomware effectively, Network Secure works with Endpoint Secure to automatically share the latest threat intelligence – including URLs, files, and domains. This provides better visibility and makes it easier to locate malicious entities. Healthcare facilities with controlled internet access can leverage this feature more effectively to prevent the risk of ransomware.

Cyber Guardian

Sangfor Cyber Guardian provides an effective Managed Detection and Response service with a faster response through human and AI collaboration. The platform helps organizations effectively recover from disruptions and conducts root cause analysis to uncover the cause of a ransomware attack.

XDDR Framework

The Sangfor XDDR Framework is a holistic framework of Sangfor products that work together to elevate security and prevent ransomware. TIT consists of Cyber Command, Network Secure, Endpoint Secure, and the Internet Access Gateway. XDDR elevates existing security operations or SOC functions with an additional layers of visibility that go beyond endpoint and perimeter defenses. This allows the framework to protect unmanaged or shadow assets and BYOD. It further provides proactive and preventive security measures by leveraging on security automation workflows - allowing healthcare organizations to take lead and be involved in threat investigations processes to gain deeper insights into incidents.

Benefits of Sangfor Solutions

Expanded Scalability

Expanded Scalability

Sangfor anti-ransomware solutions offer versatile platforms and services designed for healthcare organizations of different sizes and capacities. This means that healthcare facilities of all sizes and budget constraints can make use of customized Sangfor solution plans.

Complete Kill Chain

Complete Kill Chain

Sangfor offers the only security solution proven to block every step in the ransomware kill chain and recover data in the event of encryption. This ensures data integrity for critical healthcare information and provides a comprehensive threat intelligence.

Holistic Integration

Holistic Integration

With a widely compatible and integrated setup, Sangfor products work together to provide full-scale protection against ransomware attacks. These platforms form a secure network of services to reinforce healthcare cyber security while boosting efficiency. 

Simple and Affordable

Simple and Affordable

Sangfor anti-ransomware solutions are also tailored to fit your organization's budget while being easy to use and manage. This is helpful for small or non-profit healthcare facilities where IT expertise and infrastructure expansion may be an issue.

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