Threat Hunting in Healthcare: What It Is & Why It Matters

Threat Hunting in Healthcare:  What It Is & Why It Matters 

 

  • What Is Threat Hunting?  
 
  • What do threats look like?  
     
  • Why does Threat Hunting Matter in Healthcare?  

 

 

Incident response is a vital part of a strong cybersecurity program. However, responding to cybersecurity threats and attacks is only part of the equation. Healthcare organizations need to be proactive in their security solutions, spotting threats before they lead to data loss.   

 

 This is where threat hunting comes in.  

 

 A comprehensive threat hunting program can assist in proactively safeguarding PHI and PII. Integrating threat hunting into your organization’s security posture requires threat assessment tools and expertise. Here is what your IT team should know about threat hunting and how it relates to healthcare.   

 

What Is Threat Hunting? 

Threat hunting involves proactively searching an organization’s cyber landscape for suspicious activity. Through the program, the IT team will search endpoints, databases, networks, cloud infrastructure, and file systems for signs of threats. Analysts typically use a combination of manual and automated searches to search for this activity.  

 

 This effort is a critical part of any robust cybersecurity program because it focuses on persistent threats. When a malicious actor enters a network, they may remain undetected for months or longer. The more time a cybercriminal has to execute an attack, the more sophisticated it may be.   

 

Threat hunting adds another layer to data loss prevention, taking a deep dive into networks, data sources, and endpoints to spot threats.   

 

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