Healthcare and ransomware: 5 critical steps to take

Resources•Healthcare•Ransomware
Oct 30 2020 By

Federal agencies recently issued an unprecedented warning concerning “an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.”

The joint cybersecurity advisory comes from the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

We’ve put together the following resources to help you in your conversations with customers and prospects.

Dedicated healthcare ransomware landing page

Sophos.com/HealthcareRansomware contains background on the advisory and guidance for organizations under active attack, existing Sophos customers, and non-Sophos customers.

Based on the scenario, visitors will be advised to leverage our new Rapid Response service, the MTR service, or to trial Intercept X. There’s also a 2.5-minute video outlining the various options and advice for current customers to ensure they’re properly protected. U.S. healthcare customers have also received an email pointing them to the site.

Additional resources

We’ve also created a collection of auxiliary content to support the landing page:

Check back often for updates to this list. We’ll add new resources as they go live.

About the Author

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.