CynergisTek

CynergisTek is a security, privacy and compliance consultancy for healthcare organisations. It works with hospitals and other care providers on protecting patient data, preparing for ransomware and closing gaps in their programmes. Its old web address now leads to the site of Clearwater, another healthcare security firm.

What CynergisTek offers

• Resilience Partner Program — an ongoing programme that assesses gaps, sets priorities and guides a client's security and privacy work over time.
• Patient Privacy Monitoring — watching access to patient records to protect sensitive data.
• Information Blocking Assessment — reviews of how an organisation shares health data against information-blocking rules.
• Vendor Security Management — checks on the risks that suppliers and other third parties bring.
• Cyber briefings — monthly video sessions with threat updates and advice on running a security operations centre.

Who it works with

The firm says it has hundreds of healthcare clients. It also publishes an annual report measuring the sector against the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, drawn from close to 100 risk assessments.

Key facts

• Sector: healthcare
• Framework: NIST Cybersecurity Framework assessments