Helping preserve patient privacy, your organization’s security and reputational fallout

When minutes matter, so does your message.

Crises can take many forms, but today, cybersecurity is front and center. Our experts have worked alongside hundreds of healthcare leaders to anticipate and mitigate the toughest cybersecurity issues – from data incidents to ransomware attacks.

As these events proliferate, organizations must be prepared to act quickly while navigating a crisis that impacts many stakeholders at once. We know healthcare organizations are facing these pressures:

  • Cybersecurity threats increasing in frequency
  • Data incidents and ransomware attacks
  • Crises affecting many stakeholders at once
  • Need to act quickly under scrutiny

We help you prepare your team and organization before a cyber event happens. And we’re your go-to communicator when the crisis gets real.

Our Approach

Planning is critical in your efforts to quickly staunch an aggressive cybersecurity attack, protect your patients and maintain control.

Our experts can assess your existing communication channels, stakeholder relationships and team structure to develop a tailored contingency plan so you can fulfill regulatory requirements, retain your reputation and act promptly and decisively when navigating crises.

And when a cybersecurity event happens, you can count on a dedicated team to parachute in and work alongside you to tackle the issue confidently and protect the trust your organization has earned.

Our Capabilities

Crisis Communications

Develop proactive and reactive messaging, spokesperson support and strategic counsel to help leaders communicate clearly with stakeholders.

Escalation Guidance

Advise leaders on when and how to escalate communications to ensure timely decisions, clear accountability and coordinated engagement with executives, boards, regulators and partners.

Internal Response Training

Facilitate training for leaders and teams to clarify roles, strengthen coordination and build confidence responding to cyber incidents that cause clinical and operational disruption.

Proactive Crisis Planning

Develop tailored crisis communications plans, playbooks and message frameworks to support rapid response during high-pressure incidents.

Regulatory Compliance

Guide organizations in meeting regulatory communication obligations, coordinating closely with legal counsel on notifications, disclosures and regulator engagement.

Reputation Management

Provide strategy and support on protecting trust through credible narratives emphasizing patient safety, transparency, accountability and recovery during and after cyber events.

Response Planning

Design integrated plans to help align communications, leadership decision-making, clinical operations, IT and legal considerations for effective cyber incident response.

Media and Social Media Monitoring

Provide real-time monitoring and analysis of media and social platforms to identify emerging issues, misinformation and sentiment.

Stakeholder Messaging

Create clear, audience-specific messaging for patients, team members, physicians, community partners, media and other key stakeholders to ensure consistent and coordinated communication.

Resources

Crisis Cybersecurity One Pager

Crisis Cybersecurity One-Pager

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