Healthcare Corporation in Asia Pacific Seeks Cybersecurity Expertise to Strengthen Security Infrastructure and Patient Data Protection
Research estimates that security breaches cost the healthcare industry more than $5.5 billion yearly with nearly 95 percent of medical and healthcare institutions having already fallen victim to some form of cyber-attack. The healthcare industry is plagued by several cybersecurity-related issues, ranging from ransomware to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. These of which compromises the integrity of systems, the privacy of patients and disrupts facilities ability to provide patient care. It is apparent how susceptible healthcare is to any cyber threat, being that cybercriminals and cyber threat actors are constantly on an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities.
This applied to one of the largest healthcare service providers in Asia Pacific, which continuously offers life-critical services while working to improve treatment and patient care with the implementation of latest technologies. Since their healthcare records were being digitalized, there was a spike of attempted security breaches on this data. They stumbled to place the security of their customer data and privacy as the utmost priority. For the institution, cyber-attacks could have ramifications well beyond financial loss and breach of privacy.
The healthcare provider struggled to investigate potential security risks and required assistance to help comply with the industry standards and put to place the best cybersecurity practices. With the intention of creating and sustaining a secure cybersecurity posture, they had reached out to the services of AKATI Sekurity as a trusted security advisor. AKATI Sekurity believes, cybersecurity hygiene is one of the key factors in gaining and retaining customers, especially for companies which interact with or store sensitive health data.
The engagement with AKATI Sekurity was to perform a thorough security assessment on their infrastructure and help overcome their technology and expertise barriers. Rendered services included identifying their network security flaws, assessing the level of the criticality of vulnerabilities and providing recommendations in mitigating the risks. This paved way for critical patient care enabled by a resilient and secure network, which then allowed them to shift the focus from technology administration and focus solely on patient care.
