Security result
The attempt stopped at the camera.
HEALTHCARE
Protect the devices
behind patient care.
One exposed camera can open a path to the rest of your hospital network. Findavi finds the weak devices, fixes the ones it supports under your rules, and checks that the camera still records and the door still logs who came through.
THE PROBLEM
The way in may be above your head.
A camera in the ceiling, the reader on the pharmacy door, the controller that keeps the operating room cool: any of them can give an attacker a path to other systems. How far depends on the device, its settings and what it can reach.
Finding the risk is only the start. A fix must account for the doors, cameras, alarms, and building systems your staff depend on.
The FBI has warned that outdated software and default settings can expose hospital devices. Read the FBI notice, September 12, 2022
REAL ATTACK DURING A HOSPITAL PILOT
Eleven minutes.
Stopped at the camera.
During a NetOps IQ pilot, an attacker spent about eleven minutes trying to use a hospital security camera to reach the rest of the network. Findavi was in Observe mode and saw every step. When the team switched on Findavi’s agents, the camera was cut off and the attempt stopped there.
Hospital operations
Patient care continued during the incident.
NetOps IQ’s account of a real attempt during one pilot, not a simulated attack. The hospital is unnamed.
WHY HOSPITALS ARE DIFFERENT
Patient care cannot wait for a security fix.
Security work has to account for the camera in the emergency department, the door to the pharmacy, and the climate control in the operating room. The affected service matters as much as the security result.
Responsibility crosses teams.
IT runs the network. Facilities runs the building. Clinical engineering manages medical equipment, often with vendor support. Protecting a device means connecting those responsibilities.
Every change needs the right people.
Clinical equipment has safety requirements, vendor rules, and approval processes. A security action must respect them.
HOSPITALS / BOOK ONE
The Blind Spot
The hospital camera incident and the work behind protecting connected equipment, explained in nine short chapters.
Read the free eBookHOW IT WORKS IN A HOSPITAL
Find it. Get the sign-off. Fix it.
1. Find the risk.
Discover devices in the areas your team approves. Identify exposed connections and the paths an attacker could use to reach them.
2. Act with the right approval.
Your team decides what may change. Observe makes no changes. Approve waits for a person to say yes. Autonomous follows limits approved in advance. A medical-device change also needs confirmed support and clinical engineering approval.
3. Check both results.
Check the security result and the service separately: a new camera recording, an approved door-access event, or fresh building-system readings. If a check fails or evidence is missing, the issue stays open.
WHAT WE LOOK AT
The devices that keep a hospital running.
What we will ask to look at:
- Security cameras and video recorders
- Door readers and access control
- HVAC and building management systems
- Lab and imaging systems for discovery and assessment review
- Nurse call, paging, and other connected systems you want evaluated
- Vendor remote-access connections
We confirm what Findavi supports for each model before work starts.
YOU STAY IN CONTROL
Plan around clinical safety.
A defined network scope.
Findavi runs on a dedicated appliance inside your network. Your team approves the connected areas, access, and permitted assessment methods.
Clinical review before changes.
The assessment observes and records. Any later change to medical equipment needs confirmed support, clinical engineering approval, and vendor review where required.
A shared record.
Security, facilities and clinical engineering read the same record: the finding, the approved action, both checks and anything still open.
EVIDENCE FOR HIPAA AND YOUR INSURER
Show what you checked, and what you fixed.
Use the device inventory, findings, completed actions, and open items to support your security risk assessment and respond to evidence requests from your broker or insurer. Keep the scope and supporting evidence attached to each result.
These records can support your review. They do not establish HIPAA compliance or determine insurance coverage. Read HHS guidance on risk analysis
START HERE
Start with one part of your hospital.
Choose a building, campus area, or device group. We agree what to check, how to connect, the timing, and the price before work starts. The assessment listens to network traffic without changing devices or settings.
- An inventory of devices discovered within the agreed scope
- Prioritized device risks
- Supporting evidence and assessment limits
- Next steps for IT, facilities, and clinical engineering
Findavi writes the report automatically. Your team keeps it and decides what to address next.
Request a hospital assessmentQUESTIONS HOSPITALS ASK
Before you begin.
Will this interrupt patient care?
The assessment only listens. It changes nothing on your devices. We agree access, timing and safeguards with your teams before it starts. Any later fix needs approval, and Findavi then checks security and service separately.
Do you change medical devices?
Only after support for the device and action is confirmed and clinical engineering approves it. Discovery support alone does not establish support for changes. Begin with identifying the device, reviewing its exposure, and deciding what to do with the responsible team.
Do you need access to patient data?
The assessment focuses on devices and network connections, not reviewing medical records. We agree with you what data is collected and how it is handled before you grant access. Do not send patient records or credentials with an inquiry. Once deployed, Findavi's AI runs on the appliance itself. No outside AI is used, and the network data it collects never leaves your site.
Does this replace our current security tools?
No. Findavi covers the devices your current tools can't: it finds their exposures, fixes the supported ones and checks the service afterward. We work out with you what those tools already cover and where the gaps are.