Ransomware targeting clinical systems
Encryption of electronic health record (EHR) platforms, imaging systems, laboratory systems, and scheduling tools, causing delays or cancellations in care.
Cyber Security for Healthcare & Life Sciences
Safeguarding patient data, clinical systems, and life sciences research from cyber attacks that can impact care, safety, and trust.
Cyber Defence for Healthcare Providers and Life Sciences
Hospitals, clinics, and life sciences organisations operate in environments where cyber incidents can impact not just data, but patient safety, continuity of care, and critical research. Ransomware, business email compromise, and attacks on medical devices, IoT, and clinical systems are now common realities.
Cyber Defence delivers sector-aligned protection through SOC365, Threat Intelligence, Penetration Testing, and Incident Response – helping healthcare and life sciences organisations maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical systems and data.
Threats
Key cyber threats facing healthcare & life sciences
We protect healthcare and research organisations against threats that directly impact patient care, safety, and operations:
Data breaches & patient confidentiality
Unauthorised access to patient records, diagnostic data, research datasets, and clinical correspondence.
Attacks on medical devices & IoT
Exploitation of poorly segmented or outdated medical devices, monitoring systems, and building management systems.
Cloud & identity compromise
Misuse of clinical staff identities in Microsoft 365 and other SaaS platforms, leading to email compromise or data exfiltration.
Phishing & credential theft
Phishing campaigns against clinical, administrative, and research staff, often tied to pandemic-themed or operational lures.
Third-party and supplier risk
Exposure via outsourced IT, clinical systems vendors, diagnostics providers, and research partners.
Services
How Cyber Defence supports healthcare providers
We provide tailored protection across 24/7 monitoring, intelligence, testing, and response – aligned with clinical and research operations.
SOC365 Managed Detection & Response
24/7 MDR tuned to healthcare environments, monitoring EHR platforms, Microsoft 365, VPN, and critical clinical systems for attack indicators.
Threat Intelligence
Sector-focused threat monitoring, including ransomware groups targeting healthcare, dark web monitoring for leaked patient data, and brand impersonation.
Penetration Testing & Offensive Security
Testing of clinical portals, patient-facing services, hospital networks, cloud estates, and research environments, including OT/IoT exposure.
Incident Response & IR Retainer
Rapid containment and investigation of ransomware, insider, or data breach events, with contract-backed response times for critical incidents.
Security Engineering & Hardening
Hardening identity, endpoint, network, and clinical system configurations, aligned with NHS DSP Toolkit, UK GDPR, and relevant regulatory guidance.
Protecting IT, OT, and IoT in clinical and research environments
Healthcare and life sciences environments combine traditional IT with OT and IoT: medical devices, imaging systems, laboratory automation, building management systems, and clinical IoT devices. These systems are often difficult to patch, tightly integrated with clinical workflows, and sensitive to downtime.
Cyber Defence helps you understand and monitor these environments, applying sensible segmentation, logging, and detection strategies. We work to ensure that protection for patient data and clinical systems extends beyond the data centre and into the clinical and operational technology that supports care delivery.
Outcomes
What healthcare & life sciences organisations gain
Our focus is on patient safety, continuity of care, and protection of sensitive data and research.
Reduced risk of clinical disruption
Faster detection and containment of attacks reduce the likelihood of cancelled clinics, delayed imaging, or unavailable systems.
Patient data confidentiality preserved
Monitoring, hardening, and response capabilities focused on preventing and containing breaches of patient and research data.
Improved regulatory alignment
Support aligned to NHS DSP Toolkit, UK GDPR, and sector security guidance, helping to demonstrate due diligence.
Visibility into clinical OT and IoT
Better understanding of where medical devices and clinical IoT sit in your network, and how they can be monitored and protected.
Preparedness for major incidents
IR Retainers and rehearsed playbooks ensure you are not starting from zero when a serious incident occurs.
A long-term security partner
Cyber Defence supports ongoing monitoring, offensive testing, and security engineering improvements as your estate evolves.
Speak with our healthcare cyber specialists
Whether you are a hospital, private clinic, research organisation, or healthcare technology provider, Cyber Defence can help you strengthen monitoring, harden critical systems, and prepare for disruptive incidents.