As ransomware attacks continue to target the healthcare sector with increasing frequency and sophistication, it’s no longer enough for hospitals and health systems to rely solely on traditional cybersecurity defenses. Healthcare organizations must now incorporate a new layer into their cybersecurity playbook—one that focuses on rapid recovery and continuity of care when a cyberattack occurs.
In the past, health systems have deployed Cloud Read-Only EMR solutions to maintain limited access to patient data during outages. While these options provide temporary operational support, they often fall short in enabling a full, rapid recovery following a ransomware event. As a result, healthcare IT leaders have urged organizations to invest in more robust disaster recovery and business continuity strategies, particularly those that safeguard mission-critical systems like Epic.
Epic and AWS have recently introduced a powerful new tool to help healthcare organizations build stronger ransomware defenses: the Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE). This solution is designed to protect and rapidly restore your Epic environment in the event of a cyberattack without relying on systems, which on your primary network or backup may also be compromised.
Want to learn how your organization can implement IRE as part of a broader cybersecurity and disaster recovery strategy? Download our infographic on Epic IRE.
*Epic is a trademark of Epic Systems Corporation
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