# Healthcare Ransomware Prevention

_Last updated: 2025-10-21_

Morphisec provides ransomware prevention for healthcare facilities through Adaptive Exposure Management powered by Automated Moving Target Defense, which continuously adjusts security defenses to address evolving threats and reduce attack surface exposure.

## The Problem: Ransomware Attacks in Healthcare

Ransomware attacks against healthcare facilities and systems have nearly doubled over the last two years, becoming more frequent and more damaging. These attacks can throw systems offline, resulting in dangerous patient care delays, lost revenue, and costly fees and penalties.

## The Solution: Prevention-First Security

Morphisec addresses ransomware risk in healthcare through three core capabilities:

**Harden Security Posture**  
Adaptive Exposure Management, powered by Automated Moving Target Defense, zeroes in on security weaknesses and continuously adjusts to address new and evasive threats.

**Protect Patient Data**  
Morphisec protects sensitive personal information and HIPAA-related medical data by continually changing the attack surface to pre-emptively reduce healthcare facilities' exposure. The platform proactively prevents attacks at multiple phases, ensuring uninterrupted operations.

**Prevent Costly Damage**  
Morphisec's Anti-Ransomware Assurance keeps critical system resources and data safe if ransomware attempts to execute, ensuring the availability and reliability of critical healthcare IT systems and networks.

## Key Benefits

| Benefit | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| Assurance | Protection that activates even when other safeguards fail |
| Operational readiness | Eliminates attack dwell time and recovery efforts through proactive prevention |
| Value for money | Early threat stopping and correct identification reduce time, tech expenses, and financial losses |
| Improved cybersecurity posture | Boosts audit scores and helps achieve compliance; reduces cyber insurance premiums |
| Enhanced visibility | Mitigates risks by surfacing undetected issues including shadow IT, misconfigurations, and high-risk software |
| Seamless integration | Lightweight agent complements existing technology stack and catches threats other solutions miss |

## Customer Validation

**Houston Eye Associates** (500+ employees, $50–250M USD revenue, USA headquarters) safeguards patient data and security against attacks with Morphisec. According to Tom Merkle, CIO at Houston Eye Associates: "Morphisec's Adaptive Exposure Management makes it easy to assign vulnerabilities to my helpdesk team. They focus on the most critical issues, and we get immediate feedback showing a reduced attack surface daily, improving our security each day."

**Freeman Health Systems** ($750M USD revenue) deployed Morphisec to shut down persistent attacks. Skip Rollins, CISO at Freeman Health Systems, stated: "Not only was Morphisec able to shut down a persistent attack and lock it down on the machine, but their technology helped us understand the deep detail behind the origin of attack, methods the adversary was using to infiltrate our network, which ultimately helped us remediate other areas outside our endpoint where the attack was getting in." Raun Williams, ISO at Freeman Health System, added: "I consider Morphisec to be the 'secret ninja weapon' for when everything else fails. It's one reason I can sleep at night."

**Citizens Medical Center** ($500–999M USD revenue) experienced similar results. According to the CISO: "Not only was Morphisec able to shut down a persistent attack and lock it down on the machine, but their technology helped us understand the deep detail behind the origin of attack, methods the adversary was using to infiltrate our network, which ultimately helped us remediate other areas outside our endpoint where the attack was getting in."

A CIO at an unnamed healthcare company ($50–250M USD) described Morphisec as "a must have, final layer of defense in depth," adding: "Having access to real-time vulnerability data without installing another agent is huge." Another CIO noted that "Morphisec provides strong protection against evolving threats with minimal disruption. Its seamless integration enhances security without replacing existing tools, improving overall security posture."