А mid-sized medical company, manages sensitive patient data, medical devices and critical healthcare infrastructure. To protect against cyber threats and ensure regulatory compliance (e.g., HIPAA), the company partners with a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) that offers continuous penetration testing services using the Plainsea cybersecurity platform.
To conduct a thorough security assessment of the power plant infrastructure, identify vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with the latest cybersecurity standards and regulations.
The healthcare company requires continuous monitoring and assessment of their IT infrastructure. The MSSP’s Plainsea platform continuously scans and assesses their systems, identifying vulnerabilities and providing real-time results. Plainsea uses AI-powered data analytics to detect patterns and predict potential vulnerabilities.
Outcome: This ensures that vulnerabilities are identified and addressed promptly, minimizing the risk of a breach and maintaining the integrity of patient data.
The MSSP conducts regular, proactive threat hunting exercises, simulating advanced attack scenarios that might target the client’s critical systems. Plainsea’s AI-powered summaries engine provides concise reports on the steps taken, highlighting potential weaknesses and recommended improvements.
Outcome: The client gains insights into potential attack vectors and can proactively implement security measures to mitigate these risks.
Upon identifying vulnerabilities, Plainsea provides automated insights and remediation suggestions. These suggestions are tailored to the healthcare company‘s specific environment, ensuring effective mitigation of risks.
Outcome: This accelerates the remediation process, reducing the time vulnerabilities remain exploitable and enhances the overall security posture.
As the infrastructure of the company evolves, new systems and applications are added. Plainsea supports dynamic project configuration, allowing the penetration testing team to adapt their assessments to the changing environment quickly.
Outcome: This flexibility ensures that all new assets are continuously monitored and assessed for vulnerabilities.
The MSSP provides detailed project descriptions and maintains project-based dashboards through Plainsea, offering the healthcare company comprehensive visibility into the status and results of ongoing security assessments. Custom notifications keep stakeholders informed of critical findings and remediation progress.
Outcome: This transparency ensures that company’s management and technical teams are always aware of their security posture and can make informed decisions.
Plainsea integrates with HealthProtect’s existing ticketing systems and workflows, ensuring that identified vulnerabilities are tracked, assigned, and resolved efficiently. Real-time CVE & exploit database integration keeps Plainsea updated with the latest threat information.
Outcome: This seamless integration ensures that security findings are actionable and incorporated into the company’s operational processes.
To meet regulatory requirements, the MSSP provides detailed evidence of security assessments, including vulnerability discovery and remediation actions. Plainsea supports CVSS v3.1 and OWASP scoring and maintains a revision history for all vulnerabilities.
Outcome: The client can demonstrate compliance with HIPAA and other regulations, avoiding potential fines and maintaining patient trust.
Plainsea enables the healthcare company and the MSSP’s penetration testing team to review each other’s work, compare versions of reports, and track the history of vulnerabilities and remediation efforts. Discussion boards facilitate collaboration and continuous improvement.
Outcome: This collaborative approach ensures that security practices are continually refined and improved, adapting to new threats and maintaining high standards.
Plainsea supports real-time customer feedback and status tracking through an interactive portal. The company can request retests after remediation actions and receive real-time updates on the status of these requests.
Outcome: This ensures that the company remains engaged in the security process and can verify the effectiveness of remediation efforts.
By leveraging the MSSP’s advanced cybersecurity platform Plainsea, the healthcare company benefits from continuous penetration testing services that provide real-time vulnerability management, proactive threat hunting and seamless integration with their workflows. This partnership ensures that the company maintains a robust security posture, complies with regulatory requirements and ultimately protects sensitive patient data and their infrastructure.
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