Limiting Unauthorized Insider Activities

Now more than ever, health care organizations are being forced to deal with the potential fallout of unauthorized or inappropriate accessing of PHI data by privileged insiders and staff driven by HIPAA guidelines and other industry regulations, and by the increasing financial value of such sensitive information on the underground market. A single instance of an unauthorized insider gaining access to individual health records, whether to spy on a celebrity patient or merely check-up on a family member, can now result in costly lawsuits, regulatory penalties and even unwanted public relations exposure.

By incorporating more frequent, consistent penetration testing into their IT security programs, health care sector organizations can limit the opportunity for insider
attacks by:

Ensuring that access management solutions are in place and working correctly to authenticate user-based controls.
Validating that other defensive IT security mechanisms are functioning properly to prevent malicious behaviors.
Testing against privilege escalation attacks through which assailants seek to access protected data and assets.
Conducting internal social engineering assessments to raise awareness of existing security policies.
Understanding how multiple vulnerabilities could be used in concert by attackers to find inroads to sensitive resources.

Learn how conducting penetration testing at health care institutions can help you to: