How Cisco Talos IR helped a healthcare company quickly resolve a Qakbot attack

Partnership and proactive measures reduce resolution time from weeks to mere hours.

Healthcare is one of the most popular targets for threat actors, as evidenced by the fact that it was the most-targeted sector in each of Cisco Talos Incident Response’s past two Quarterly Trends Reports.

But if these organizations are ready for when, not if, an incident occurs, they can avoid the worst-case scenario of potentially losing money, risking patient safety, or dealing with technology downtime.

Veradigm is a healthcare technology company that drives value through its unique combination of platforms, data, expertise, connectivity, and scale. The Veradigm Network features a dynamic community of solutions and partners providing advanced insights, technology, and data-driven solutions, all working together to transform healthcare insightfully. Veradigm recently detected an intrusion and potential information-stealing attack before bad actors could execute their plan.

Thanks to the Cisco Talos Incident Response Retainer service, Veradigm detected a potential Qakbot infection early, and with the help of the Cisco Talos Incident Response (Talos IR) team, evicted the threat actor from their network quickly before any harm could come to the organization or its customers.

Veradigm has partnered with Cisco for technology and services for years, with the ongoing goal of making Veradigm’s systems and network more resilient – the ability to protect every aspect of their business, withstand unpredictable threats or changes, and emerge stronger.

A few months ago, their team acted quickly when they noticed a potent ..

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