Cybersecurity Exercises for
Hospitals & Health Systems
When ransomware hits a hospital, patient safety is on the line. We test your ability to maintain clinical operations, protect patient data, and coordinate crisis response across departments.
Exercises designed for the unique complexity of healthcare — clinical workflows, medical device networks, HIPAA notification requirements, and patient safety decision-making.
Challenges
The challenges you're facing
Why hospitals & health systems organizations are investing in structured exercise programs.
Ransomware can endanger patients
Healthcare ransomware attacks force EHR downtime, delay procedures, and can require ambulance diversion. Your response plan must prioritize patient safety — and that needs to be practiced, not assumed.
HIPAA requires tested incident response
The HIPAA Security Rule requires documented, tested incident response plans. HHS enforcement actions and OCR audits increasingly focus on whether organizations can demonstrate response capability, not just written policies.
Clinical and IT staff speak different languages
Nurses, physicians, and clinical leaders need to understand their role in cyber incidents. EHR downtime procedures, clinical communication protocols, and patient safety decisions require cross-department coordination that most hospitals haven't practiced.
Connected medical devices expand the attack surface
IoMT devices, biomedical equipment, and connected clinical systems create attack vectors that traditional IT security exercises don't address. Device isolation decisions impact patient care.
Threat Landscape
Threats targeting your sector
Real adversary tactics we test against in every engagement.
Healthcare Ransomware
Ransomware targeting hospital networks — encrypting EHR systems, imaging archives, and lab systems. Tests your ability to activate downtime procedures and maintain clinical operations.
PHI Data Exfiltration
Double-extortion attacks that steal patient records before encryption. Tests breach notification decisions, HHS/OCR reporting, and patient communication.
Medical Device Compromise
Attacks targeting connected medical devices, infusion pumps, or imaging systems. Tests clinical safety decisions when devices become untrusted.
Supply Chain / Third-Party Breach
Compromised vendor access, EHR system vulnerabilities, or pharmacy supply chain attacks. Tests your vendor management and third-party risk response.
Insider Threat & Record Snooping
Unauthorized access to patient records by employees, credential sharing, or social engineering targeting clinical staff with access to sensitive systems.
Business Email Compromise
Targeted phishing campaigns against finance, HR, or executive staff — invoice fraud, payroll diversion, or credential harvesting for deeper network access.
Scenarios
Example exercise scenarios
Custom-designed for hospitals & health systems environments. Every scenario is MITRE ATT&CK-mapped.
Ransomware encrypts EHR, PACS, and lab systems — hospital activates Code Dark downtime procedures
Double-extortion group exfiltrates 500K patient records and demands payment within 72 hours
Compromised infusion pump firmware update affects devices across 3 clinical units
Phishing campaign targets clinicians with fake EHR password reset — credentials harvested for lateral movement
Third-party billing vendor breach exposes patient financial data — HIPAA notification timeline begins
Ransomware during flu season surge forces ambulance diversion and elective surgery cancellation
Nation-state actor compromises biomedical engineering workstation with access to medical device network
Insider accesses celebrity patient records — media inquiry triggers investigation
Why Us
Why hospitals & health systems organizations choose us
We understand clinical workflows — exercises test EHR downtime, patient safety decisions, and clinical communication, not just IT incident response
Scenarios built from real healthcare ransomware campaigns (Ryuk, Hive, BlackCat) targeting hospitals
HIPAA Security Rule alignment — exercise documentation satisfies breach response testing requirements
We coordinate across clinical, IT, legal, compliance, communications, and executive leadership
Medical device and IoMT attack scenarios that test clinical safety decisions
Methodology built on national special-event cyber readiness practice — the same exercise discipline, adapted for acute care, health systems, ambulatory networks, and academic medical centers
Deliverables include updated downtime procedures, clinical communication templates, and notification timelines
Board-ready reporting for governance committees, cyber insurance renewals, and regulatory examinations
Pricing
Engagement options
Start where your organization is. Build from there.
Cyber Readiness Assessment
First structured exercise with full capability assessment.
Schedule Scoping CallOperational Cyber Resilience Program
Maturity scoring, playbook recommendations, executive accountability.
Schedule Scoping CallEnterprise Cyber Crisis Simulation
Full-day executive crisis simulation with remediation roadmap.
Schedule Scoping CallReady to test your health system's cyber resilience?
A 30-minute scoping call is all it takes. We'll learn your environment and design an exercise that builds real operational readiness.
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