Acalvio Advanced Threat Defense and Identity Protection for Healthcare Organizations
An essential part of a comprehensive security posture
The Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP) Technical Volume 2, released by the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council, posits cyber deception as an essential part of a comprehensive security posture, guiding how Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs) can implement cyber deception techniques like honeypots, honeytokens, and other decoys to strengthen their defense strategy
Several government standards organizations require or recommend active defense and deception, including:
- The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act
- NIST SP 800-172,
- The CISA 2022 – 2026 Strategic Technology Roadmap
Use cases for deception-based Active Defense in healthcare
The HHS identifies the top threats targeting healthcare. Acalvio’s ShadowPlex Advanced Threat Defense and Identity Protection solutions offer a proven approach to protect healthcare organizations from cyberattacks. With no agent requirements, ShadowPlex guarantees easy deployment across healthcare enterprises. Pre-integrated with platforms like EDR, SIEM, and SOAR, ShadowPlex ensures interoperability with the enterprise ecosystem and provides healthcare-specific deception templates and strategies, ensuring immediate value
Strategic Technology Roadmap for Deception Technology and Zero Trust
By overlaying the organization’s computing environment with decoys that lure attackers away from real data, cyber deception not only confuses the attacker but also alerts security teams about every move they make.
Regardless of size or specialty, Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs) are a prime target for cybercriminals due to their rich trove of sensitive data. Acalvio provides active defense solutions that form the backbone of cyber deception, equipping HDOs with powerful tools to disrupt attacks, provide early warning of intrusions, and minimize the impact of successful attacks.
Frequently Asked Questions
The top cybersecurity threats in healthcare include ransomware attacks, data breaches, and phishing, which compromise critical patient data and disrupt care. Insider threats, vulnerabilities in connected medical devices, and third-party risks further expose healthcare systems to exploitation. To protect sensitive data and ensure operational continuity, healthcare organizations must implement robust cybersecurity strategies.
Cyber deception strengthens healthcare cybersecurity by enabling early threat detection through honeypots and decoy systems, which lure attackers and reduce their dwell time in networks. It enhances threat intelligence by analyzing attacker behavior, improving threat hunting, and providing insights into tactics and vulnerabilities. Deception improves the security posture by adding a layered defense, diverting attackers to decoys, and reducing the attack surface. With faster incident response and cost-effective security measures, it minimizes breaches’ impact, protects patient data, and builds resilience against cyber threats.
Acalvio ShadowPlex is ideal for healthcare organizations due to its visibility, providing unique insights into how attackers view endpoints, reach critical assets, and exploit misconfigurations to reduce the attack surface. It delivers advanced threat detection through realistic deceptions like decoys and breadcrumbs, generating high-fidelity alerts and forensic data when engaged. ShadowPlex enhances investigation capabilities with AI-driven threat hunting and proactive identification of dormant threats, offering a novel approach to understanding adversary behavior. With automated response and seamless integration with existing security tools, it enables real-time threat containment, isolation, and asset protection to safeguard sensitive healthcare systems.
