In an industry where more than 50% of leaders consider it “inevitable” for a cyberattack to result someday in a patient fatality, cybersecurity takes on an urgency that surpasses business considerations. This statistic comes from a 2025 Healthcare IT Landscape Report by Omega Systems, which also found that 87% respondents admitted to being a victim of a cyberattack, and that at least 1 out of 5 have suffered an attack with an impact on patient care.
Omega Systems is a managed services provider (MSP) and managed security service provider (MSSP) with 200 employees in 6 offices, focusing on supporting companies in highly regulated industries, including financial services and healthcare.
CEO Mike Fuhrman hopes that the results of their survey can help IT managers obtain the internal support and investments needed for proper IT infrastructure, support, and IT security training – which are critical given how frequently the healthcare industry is targeted by cyberattacks.
The current IT landscape, according to Fuhrman, combines several challenges: legacy systems; “data sprawl” with enormous amounts of data to classify, store, and secure; a mix of cloud and on-premises systems; and a deficit of training, particularly around security.
Ignorance, too, remains a common obstacle, particularly among small practices and providers that assume attackers are only focused on large, prominent institutions; with this mindset, they’ll often delay or altogether forego implementing critical security controls. Fuhrman cautions that every organization should assume they’ll be a target regardless of location, size, or type of practice. A company like Omega can provide 24/7 expert coverage for institutions who lack the money to invest in their own IT or security staff.
The process of improving security, Fuhrman suggests, starts by building an inventory of what’s in your IT environment. From there, companies can prioritize the steps needed for optimization and build a security and compliance roadmap based on likely threats and risks.
With HIPAA regulations evolving, proper cybersecurity controls will become an even greater focus for the industry. Partners like Omega routinely work with healthcare customers to streamline the compliance management process , identifying gaps in security, developing plans for remediation, and storing the necessary documentation to meet audit and compliance requirements.
For organizations who’ve never worked with an MSP or MSSP, Fuhrman suggests a few key criteria to use when evaluating vendors. In addition to customer references, which are often the most trustworthy benchmark of a partner, companies should consider asking about employee cybersecurity credentials and certifications (such as CISSPs), how the partner leverages contractors and manages the vendor due diligence process, and anecdotal evidence on how they’ve responded to and supported customers through cyberattacks in the past. Like surgeries, the more attacks you handle, the better you get.
Check out our interview with Mike Fuhrman from Omega Systems to learn more insights from the health IT landscape report and trends in healthcare security and IT infrastructure.
Learn more about Omega Systems: https://omegasystemscorp.com/industries/healthcare/
2025 Healthcare IT Landscape Report: https://omegasystemscorp.com/insights/white-papers/2025-healthcare-it-landscape-report/
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