Healthcare is the #1 ransomware target.
Defend like it.
Healthcare organizations carry an unusual combination of risk: regulated data, operational systems where downtime affects patient care, fragile medical devices, and a sector-wide threat environment that has only intensified.
The reality healthcare leaders are working in.
Ransomware crews now treat hospitals and clinics as priority targets — small enough to be under-resourced, important enough to pay. HHS OCR enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule has stayed steady, and OCR's recent guidance has emphasized the requirement for actual risk analysis, not boilerplate. Medical devices and IoMT extend your attack surface in ways traditional IT never anticipated.
ADK Cyber meets healthcare clients where they live: in the messy middle between clinical operations and security obligations.
A complete healthcare security practice.
HIPAA Security Rule alignment
A defensible risk analysis, written policies, technical safeguards mapped to the rule, and the documentation OCR will actually want to see.
PHI protection
Data classification, encryption posture, access controls, audit logging, and secure-messaging guidance for clinical workflows.
Medical device & IoMT security
Inventory, segmentation, patch posture, and lifecycle planning for connected medical equipment that traditional EDR cannot reach.
Ransomware readiness
Backup strategy validation, segmentation, identity hardening, and the prevention controls that materially reduce attacker dwell time.
Incident response planning
A written, exercised IR plan covering clinical-continuity decisions, regulatory notification timelines, and external partner coordination.
Business associate considerations
Vendor risk reviews, BAA review, and guidance for organizations that act as business associates themselves.
What a healthcare engagement looks like.
Discovery & scoping
Understand your clinical operations, your data flows, your existing controls, and your regulatory drivers. Identify what to assess first.
Risk analysis & gap assessment
A defensible risk analysis aligned to the HIPAA Security Rule, mapped against NIST CSF and HHS HIC-MaRS where useful.
Prioritized remediation roadmap
Findings ranked by risk to PHI and clinical operations — not vendor sales priority. Realistic timelines and budget anchors.
Hands-on remediation support
We work alongside your IT team or MSP to implement controls, tune systems, and update documentation. We do not just hand you a report.
Tabletop & readiness exercise
A scenario-driven walkthrough — typically a ransomware or PHI-exposure incident — to pressure-test the plan and the people.
Ongoing advisory
Optional vCISO retainer, quarterly reviews, or as-needed support for incidents, audits, and new initiatives.
Built for upstate New York's care landscape.
From critical-access hospitals and community clinics to specialty practices and FQHCs, the Mohawk Valley and broader upstate region runs on healthcare organizations that often sit between IT-budget extremes. ADK Cyber sizes engagements appropriately — we will not propose a Fortune-500 stack to a clinic that needs the basics done well.
Common healthcare clients
- Specialty & primary-care practices
- Critical-access & community hospitals
- FQHCs and rural health centers
- Behavioral & long-term care facilities
- Healthcare business associates
ADK Cyber supports healthcare cybersecurity readiness across the greater Mohawk Valley and beyond. We are a cybersecurity advisory and engineering firm — we do not provide legal advice, formal HIPAA audits, HIPAA certification, or guarantees of regulatory compliance. HHS does not recognize any third-party "HIPAA certification," and HIPAA compliance ultimately rests with the covered entity or business associate. Our engagements are designed to help your organization understand its security posture, strengthen safeguards aligned to the HIPAA Security Rule, and prepare the documentation and controls that support your own compliance program — alongside, not in place of, your legal counsel and compliance leadership.
Healthcare engagement, scoped to your reality.
Tell us about your environment. We will come back with a defensible plan.