DDoS protection for healthcare, hospitals, physician groups and pharmaceutical firms

When a critical healthcare application is compromised by a DoS or DDoS denial of service attack, the ramifications are much more severe than in other industries. Along with financial losses, there is the potential for loss of life if mission-critical applications and systems are brought down by a DDoS attack for hours or even days. In addition, downtime due to DDoS attack can cause serious order processing and delivery delays for online pharmacies, while disruption to online systems can slow the processing of diagnostic tests and delivery of other vital healthcare services.

Fortunately, healthcare organizations can guard against the risk of DDoS attacks by having a proactive DDoS detection and DDoS mitigation plan in place with Prolexic. As an expert DDoS protection provider, Prolexic can stop any DDoS attack regardless of size, complexity, or changing characteristics. That’s why the following types of healthcare industry players trust Prolexic:

• Hospitals and physician/provider groups – Reduce risk of medical equipment or device failure or inaccessibility of STAT diagnostics or patient medical records
• Healthcare services – Ensure that online patient information and communication portals are always available, secure, and impervious to DDoS cyber-attacks
• Pharmaceuticals/pharmacy – Reduce risk of financial losses and damage to brand reputation by ensuring that systems remain up and able to process orders and deliveries on time

Why the healthcare industry chooses Prolexic for DDoS protection

• Prolexic customers remain online before, during, and after DDoS denial of service attacks.
• On-demand DDoS mitigation services have a minimal effect on customer traffic.
• Remote DDoS detection and monitoring services (optional) enable Prolexic to detect potential DDoS attacks before they have any effect on your clean traffic.

Learn more about how we protect leading businesses from DDoS attacks in these DDoS mitigation case studies in the Prolexic Knowledge Center.