What Healthcare Organizations Should Know About Advanced Persistent Threats

11:43 - 06 Jan 2026

At this point, healthcare organizations are unfortunately more than familiar with ransomware — it’s not a matter of if but when. Providers are expected to stay vigilant and enhance their cyber resilience. But what happens when an attack isn’t a quick hit? What happens when a malicious actor or group has entered your network undetected, through stolen credentials or any type of backdoor access such as a zero-day vulnerability, and is just lying in wait? Then, after they’ve attacked once, what happens if they never lose that access and attack again? These are advanced persistent threats (APTs...