Cybersecurity

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Cyber breach costs average $10M and can take up to 277 days to resolve.

We help organizations prevent attacks and prepare for disruption by embedding cybersecurity into their core operating models. By proactively identifying and mitigating risk across clinical, digital, and financial workflows, we strengthen defenses, safeguard patients, and ensure operational stability.

The evolving landscape of cyber threats

Healthcare providers have never been more vulnerable. The data they store is highly valuable, and its loss can be life-threatening for patients. With the growth in cyber-attacks, it is more important than ever for organizations to ensure the strength of their security posture and resiliency.

Systemic vulnerability: While healthcare relies on interconnected technologies, only 21% of executives feel prepared for an incident.
Operational impact: Cybersecurity is a clinical, financial, and operational risk, not just an IT issue. During a crisis, hospitals see a 53% increase in medical procedure complications and costs reaching $2M per day in downtime.

Strategic cyber solutions for sustainable results

Aligning health system imperatives with cybersecurity priorities directly reduces organizational risk. Our advisors deliver the strategy, assessments, and interim leadership necessary to build and stress-test an effective cybersecurity program. By addressing the intersection of people, processes, and technology, our approach ensures stability and long-term results that improve patient safety and clinical continuity.

Actionable assessments: We evaluate your posture against NIST, HIPAA, and HITRUST standards. Our due diligence provides a measurable baseline to support investment decisions for senior executives and board-level decision making.
Cybersecurity roadmap: We build stakeholder confidence with enterprise-wide cybersecurity roadmaps and governance frameworks, integrating program assessments, compliance remediation, and incident response development into your core operating model.
Interim leadership: We provide expert security, risk, and privacy leadership to stabilize operations and protect patient safety during critical transitions.
Strategic consulting: We accelerate gap remediation and manage high-stakes technical projects to protect your operational continuity and reputation.

Our perspective:

The goal isn’t to buy more tools—it’s to invest deliberately in the controls that measurably reduce downtime and breach impact. ”

- John Petersen, Cybersecurity Lead

Frequently Asked Questions

What alternative leadership structures exist for healthcare systems that lack the capital for a full-time cybersecurity office?

A virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) is a part-time or outsourced security executive who provides strategic cybersecurity leadership. Organizations benefit from a vCISO when they need expert guidance but cannot justify or afford a full-time CISO, or when they are navigating leadership transitions or building a new security program.

Why should a healthcare organization perform a Cybersecurity Maturity Assessment, and what tangible value does it deliver?

A Cybersecurity Maturity Assessment benchmarks existing security controls against the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) to evaluate healthcare-specific risk postures. Our assessment produces a prioritized remediation roadmap that sequences security investments based on urgency and impact. By integrating specialized ROI analysis, we help quantify the financial value of security improvements through a measurable reduction in downtime exposure, data breach risk, and incident response costs.

Why does improving cybersecurity maturity pay off faster than one-off security purchases?

Improving cybersecurity maturity replaces fragmented point solutions that often leave security gaps and create redundant overlaps. Rather than investing in disconnected tools with unclear impact, a maturity assessment supports a strategic approach to building a coordinated program that ensures all security controls work together to reduce incidents and downtime.

How do we show executives the ROI of a mature cybersecurity program?

We demonstrate the ROI of a mature cybersecurity program by mapping each maturity roadmap action to quantified financial outcomes, such as avoided downtime and data breach costs, using your operational data and industry benchmarks. By prioritizing incident detection and containment, organizations can generate nearly $2M in response cost savings. These savings allow for reinvestment in the technology needed to stay ahead of threats.

How does a unified cybersecurity strategy impact clinical outcomes?

Hospitals experience a 53% surge in medical procedure complications and adverse patient events during a crisis. A unified strategy protects the entire care delivery ecosystem, ensuring patient safety protocols remain uninterrupted during digital disruptions and downtime.

How will tabletop testing improve our incident response capabilities?

Our tabletop services build real-world muscle memory by letting teams rehearse roles, communications, and downtime workflows before an incident so response is faster, more coordinated, and less disruptive to patient care.