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Healthcare Cybersecurity
Protect systems and workflows so essential care can continue through cyber disruption.
Open defensive resource / Version 2026-08-21
Health security technology for fragile systems.
HealthSecurity.tech is an open defensive resource for the technology layer of health security: healthcare cybersecurity, medical device security, biosurveillance, outbreak signal triage, public-health resilience, and continuity of care.
We translate complex cyber-bio-health risks into practical checklists, source guides, threat matrices, and readiness tools.
Direct answer
What is health security technology?
Health security technology is the defensive use of digital systems, cybersecurity practices, medical-device safeguards, biosurveillance methods, data systems, and continuity planning to reduce health-sector risk before, during, and after emergencies.
Four pillars
A whole-system view of resilience
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Medical Device Security
Manage connected-device risk across procurement, operation, support, and retirement.
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Biosurveillance & Biosecurity
Interpret biological signals with context, corroboration, and explicit uncertainty.
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Continuity of Care
Prepare approved offline operations and deliberate recovery before systems fail.
Featured resources
Tools made to leave the screen
Each resource has a printable HTML version and a static, letter-size PDF.
Health Security Readiness Pack
An organization-wide checklist spanning cyber, device, biological-signal, vendor, and continuity readiness.
Download PDFSmall Clinic Cyber Downtime Kit
A staged planning kit for EHR and network downtime in a small clinic.
Download PDFMedical Device Cyber Inventory Worksheet
A worksheet for documenting connected-device ownership, support, exposure, and workflow dependencies.
Download PDFBiosecurity Signal Triage Workbook
A calm evidence-grading workbook for separating rumor from operationally relevant signals.
Download PDFSource-backed guidance
Authority before amplification
We begin with WHO, CDC, HHS, FDA, CISA, ASPR, NIST, state health departments, standards bodies, professional organizations, and peer-reviewed research. Pages distinguish evidence type from educational synthesis and show a review date.
Open the source guideSafety boundary
Planning, not professional advice
No diagnosis, treatment, legal certification, offensive hacking instructions, or outbreak predictions. Never enter PHI, patient names, credentials, secrets, or live incident details into a worksheet.
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