Ransomware on health systems
Hospitals and physician groups run on electronic records, imaging and connected devices. Attackers encrypt them, steal patient data and threaten to publish it to force a payment.
Philadelphia’s hospitals, universities and life sciences companies hold patient records and research that attackers value highly. We test, monitor and defend them, and answer our incident line 24/7.
Philadelphia’s economy rests on “eds and meds”. Large health systems and teaching hospitals anchor University City and Center City, universities and colleges run open networks for tens of thousands of students and researchers, and pharmaceutical and cell and gene therapy companies stretch from the Navy Yard out along the Route 202 corridor through King of Prussia. Around them sit the law firms, insurers and accounting practices of Center City and the Main Line, and manufacturers across the Delaware Valley.
Those institutions hold some of the most valuable data there is: patient records, clinical trial results and unpublished research. They also run sprawling environments that are hard to watch, with medical devices, lab equipment and academic systems that weren’t designed with security in mind. StrikeProof helps Philadelphia organizations find the gaps with penetration testing, monitor them 24/7 and respond fast when ransomware or a research-theft campaign gets in.
HIPAA risk assessments, monitoring that covers clinical and medical device networks, and ransomware response planning.
Protection for research and trial data, penetration testing of lab and manufacturing systems, and vendor risk reviews.
Segmentation of research and administrative networks, phishing defense for staff and students, and protection for student records.
Email and wire-fraud defense, protection for client data and evidence for the security questionnaires clients send.
Attackers go where the money and the data are. In Greater Philadelphia, these are the threats we see shaped by the local economy.
Hospitals and physician groups run on electronic records, imaging and connected devices. Attackers encrypt them, steal patient data and threaten to publish it to force a payment.
Drug pipelines, trial data and university research draw state-backed groups who want long-term, quiet access rather than a quick payout.
Universities support thousands of personal devices, guest users and research systems. Attackers use those open edges to reach administrative and financial systems.
Pennsylvania requires businesses to notify affected residents of a breach without unreasonable delay, and since a 2024 amendment, to notify the Attorney General at the same time when more than 500 residents are affected. When the breach exposes Social Security numbers, bank account numbers or driver’s license or state ID numbers, the business must also offer 12 months of free credit monitoring and access to a credit report. Businesses with staff or customers in South Jersey or Delaware must consider those states’ laws as well, and health and research organizations face HIPAA and contractual duties on top.
General information, not legal advice. Confirm your obligations with your attorney.
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