Patient-Centric Innovation Strengthens Armis Cybersecurity for Healthcare & Medical Devices

Armis continues to demonstrate a longstanding commitment to innovation and development to help healthcare providers remain at the forefront of efficiency for their communities. As threat actor tactics evolve, healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) must invest in cyber exposure management, which stays ahead of the increasingly sophisticated attempts to penetrate their attack surface.

Armis is consistently recognized as a top leader and innovator in healthcare cybersecurity. Our continued passion and dedication to continued development and innovation tailored for medical device and healthcare security professionals is second to none and drives development across the entire Armis Centrix™ platform.

From advanced asset management to real-time threat detection, Armis Centrix™ for Healthcare brings together years of innovation and expertise to lead further patient safety. Armis Centrix™ identifies, deduplicates, and contextualizes vulnerabilities across all connected assets, prioritizes them based on risk, assigns actionable insights to relevant teams, and facilitates rapid mitigation. The platform also incorporates early warning capabilities and advanced AI/ML capabilities to predict emerging threats and proactively strengthen an organization’s security posture.

Leading independent analysts recognize our commitment to patient-centric threat cyber exposure management:

• Armis was named the Top Leader in the QKS Group 2024 SPARK Matrix for Medical Device Security Solutions.
• Armis received the prestigious 2024 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Leadership Award for Global Healthcare Cybersecurity Industry Excellence in Best Practices. 
• Armis is a representative vendor in the 2024 Gartner Market Device Risk Management Platforms.
• Armis is fully-rated by KLAS for the third consecutive year and is a top-rated vendor.

A Look at the Cyber Exposure Management Platform That’s Revolutionizing Secure Patient Care

Here’s how Armis is leading the charge in securing HDOs:

AI-Powered Innovations for Proactive Protection

1. Real-Time Threat Monitoring

• Inventory and protect every asset in the modern healthcare environment – from lifesaving medical devices to the HVAC systems that maintain critical environments.
• Our Asset Intelligence Engine aggregates and contextualizes data to deliver insights that drive smarter decisions.
• Manage assets across distributed campuses or wards, and establish a behavioral baseline for effective policy management.
• Advanced network segmentation capabilities ensure that even assets that don’t support traditional security tools are secured, and remain operational.Read More

2. Threat Detection and Early Warning

• Prevent cyberattacks before they escalate with AI-powered Early Warning Intelligence
• Monitor deviations in device behavior, such as unencrypted patient health information (PHI) transmission or unusual utilization patterns.
• Real-time threat intelligence helps neutralize zero-day vulnerabilities and ransomware before they impact patient care.
• For emerging threat insights, Armis Labs publishes research about the top threat groups and tactics used by bad actors, to ensure the entire community has access to essential information to prevent cyberattacks.Read More

3. Clinical Risk Management

• Go beyond traditional risk scoring with detailed device profiles and clinical risk assessment.
• Enhanced asset context based on floor, ward, and proximity to patient care contributes to the risk score for effective prioritization.
• Automatic remediation campaign workflows minimize downtime and keep systems operational, a vital requirement in time-sensitive care environments.
• Compare medical device risk scores for compliance, recalls, and potential risks for more security-focused procurement and purchasing insights.Read More

4. Device Utilization Insights for Smarter Resource Allocation

• Identify idle devices for maintenance or vulnerability remediation.
• Identify inefficiencies or underutilized devices and enhance patient flow.
• Detect unauthorized usage to mitigate security risks early.
• Support data-driven decisions on future investments by understanding usage patterns.
• Pinpoint physical asset location with floor maps for effective decision-making and automated policy enforcement.
• Strengthen collaboration between clinical engineering and IT teams with a single pane of glass.Read More

5. Vulnerability Prioritization and Remediation

• Consolidate and deduplicate vulnerabilities, grouping them into the number of actionable fixes.
• Contextualized remediation guidance to streamline mitigation and response.
• Prioritize alerts based on asset criticality and clinical risk scoring to address the biggest risks to patient safety.
• Automatically initiate work orders and tickets, track remediation status, and report on risk reduction.
• Automate tracking for security advisories, FDA recalls, and MDS² updates to streamline the entire asset lifecycle management process.Read More

6. Demonstrated Leadership in Cybersecurity for the Entire Healthcare Ecosystem

• Relentless dedication to bolstering cybersecurity for healthcare providers with dedicated resources, innovation teams, and internal expertise.
• A unique offering that goes beyond medical devices, covering the entire attack surface, from IoMT assets to IoT, IT, and OT assets.Read More

The state of play in healthcare cybersecurity is constantly changing. In the past twelve months, attacks on healthcare environments have been at an all-time high, exemplified by notable attacks on the NHS and Change Healthcare. The industry has been left grappling with the threat of patient health information breaches, massive outages that disrupt procedures and essential patient care, and costly ransomware threats that disrupt essential operations and put patients’ lives at risk.

To stay ahead of the evolving threat landscape, healthcare organizations must also innovate by leveraging advanced solutions with real-time monitoring, proactive enforcement, and early warning threat intelligence feeds to prevent wider impacts on essential services and safeguard health services. Proactively addressing such vulnerabilities and enabling a rapid response to emerging threats will help uphold trust, maintain clinical integrity, and secure patient care against what’s to come.

To see how Armis is leading innovation for the new era of healthcare cybersecurity, get a demo of the platform now.