Healthcare organisations face unique cybersecurity challenges. Managing sensitive data like Personal Health Information (PHI), Personal Credit Information (PCI), and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) requires a proactive, risk-based security framework. At IP Partners, we help healthcare providers implement robust cybersecurity measures to continuously detect, block and prioritise threats for rapid remediation.

The Three P’s of Data Security

Effective cybersecurity in healthcare focuses on understanding and managing access to all sensitive data:

• PHI (Personal Health Information)
• PCI (Personal Credit Information)
• PII (Personally Identifiable Information)

Knowing who accesses this data and where it is stored – both internally and externally, including the cloud – is essential for protecting it.

Best Practices for Data Security

1. Encryption: Encrypt sensitive data before moving it or use full disk encryption to protect entire storage media. This ensures that files are secure and useless to unauthorised users.
2. Discovery and Classification: Identify all locations of sensitive data, whether on file servers, in the cloud, or on-premises. Once identified, classify the data by its sensitivity level to prioritise protection efforts.
3. Visibility and Compliance: Continuously monitor access to all file servers and databases, tracking who accessed what data and when. Maintain audit trails to confirm actions and system states for compliance purposes
4. Threat Detection: Use AI and machine learning to identify and mitigate bad behaviour by understanding historical behaviour patterns. Detect anomalies, such as unusual access times or volumes, and respond with alerts or automated actions to revoke access or quarantine threats.

Implementing a Proactive Security Strategy

Healthcare organisations must adopt a risk-based cybersecurity approach to protect patient data and mitigate potential breaches. With the proliferation of data, using AI to respond to attacks in real-time is crucial. IP Partners offers solutions that provide complete visibility into front-end application activity and administrative actions on data stores, ensuring proactive risk management.

Our Services help healthcare organisations build a comprehensive data protection and compliance strategy, scaling as new data sources are added.

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