From the CloudWave Team
Hello friend,
Welcome to the Summer issue of CloudWave’s 360 Community Newsletter. This publication delivers leadership insights, practical security guidance, and product updates across CloudWave’s core offerings—Cloud, Cybersecurity, and Compliance—designed to help you strengthen operations, manage risk, and support resilient care. Thank you for being part of our community.
CTO Brian Pruitt talks about 72-Hour Readiness
Readiness Must Be Proven
Chief Technology Officer
Healthcare organizations are entering a new era of cybersecurity accountability.
The proposed changes to the HIPAA Security Rule are not yet final, but the direction is unmistakable. Regulators are moving beyond policy-based compliance toward evidence that healthcare organizations can prevent, detect, contain, recover, and document their response to cyber disruption.
That shift matters because healthcare resilience is not simply an IT issue. It is a patient safety, clinical continuity, financial, and governance issue.
When an EHR, imaging platform, pharmacy system, or clinical communications environment is unavailable, the consequences are immediate. Care slows. Clinicians lose access to critical information. Revenue is disrupted. Executive teams are forced to make high-stakes decisions under pressure.
The central question is no longer whether an organization has backups, security tools, and incident response plans. The question is whether those capabilities will work during a real event, and whether critical clinical services can be restored within the timeframe the organization has committed to patients, regulators, and its board.
CloudWave helps healthcare organizations answer that question with evidence.
Our approach to HIPAA 72-Hour Readiness is designed to move organizations from assumed readiness to validated resilience. It connects cybersecurity, infrastructure, disaster recovery, clinical operations, compliance, and executive governance into one operational framework.
That means identifying the systems that matter most, protecting recovery environments, strengthening segmentation, clarifying third-party accountability, testing recovery procedures, and proving that critical services can be restored under realistic conditions.
This is not about reacting prematurely to an unfinished rule. It is about recognizing that the standard for healthcare cybersecurity is changing.
The organizations best prepared for what comes next will not be those with the most policies or tools. They will be the ones that can prove they are ready to protect patient care, sustain operations, and recover when disruption occurs.
Market Spotlight
Strategies for cloud resilience and AI-enabled threat detection to minimize downtime and speed incident response.
AI Primer for the Board of a Hospital or Health System, Including Owned Physician Practices and Ambulatory Services
Why AI Matters to Hospital Boards Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a technology experiment in healthcare. It is already embedded in clinical decision support, documentation workflows, diagnostic tools, revenue. Read more →
Industry Pulse
Emerging healthcare cybersecurity and compliance trends, summarized with actionable takeaways for leadership and security teams.
Cyber Insurance in Healthcare: What Your Policy Actually Covers (And What It Doesn’t)
When I first started spending more time on cyber insurance as part of my role, I approached it the same way most of us do: as a straightforward risk transfer mechanism. We pay a premium. We get coverage. If something goes wrong, the policy helps absorb the financial impact. That’s how it works in theory. Read more→
Solutions in Focus
Spotlight on CloudWave and BlueOrange Compliance solutions designed to reduce risk and improve operational resilience.
Penetration Testing
You may be armed with firewalls, antivirus, and MFA, but are you confident that what you’ve done could prevent today’s sophisticated attackers from finding their way in? Are you able to document that your security controls are doing their job? CloudWave and BlueOrange’s Penetration Testing is a solid start. It can also provide actionable insight you can use to close security gaps, strengthen compliance, and protect patient care.
SOC Corner
Threat intelligence and operational insights from our Security Operations Center.
Richard Phung on Operationalizing EDR
Imagine getting to work at 7:00 AM to find 400 security alerts waiting to be reviewed. Somewhere in that stack of false alarms and less serious alerts is one critical notification. Read his blog here →
CloudWave’s Threat Intelligence Briefs
CloudWave’s Weekly Threat Intelligence Briefs keep healthcare and technology organizations informed about the latest cyberattack campaigns, vulnerabilities, and threat actors targeting their industries. Each edition pulls from trusted sources, including CISA, Google Threat Intelligence, and leading cybersecurity research firms, and translates complex findings into clear, prioritized actions your team can act on immediately. From critical patch deadlines to supply chain risks and nation-state activity, we do the monitoring so you can focus on your business.
Our monthly newsletter will also touch on medical device security and other pertinent threats in the healthcare space.Visit the Threat Brief Library →
Compliance & Risk Update
Expert commentary from BlueOrange Compliance on regulation, audit readiness, and practical risk reduction strategies.
Your SRA Is Only as Good as What You Do With It: Turning Findings into a Remediation Roadmap
It usually starts the same way. The Security Risk Assessment is complete. The report has been delivered.There’s a sense of relief; another requirement checked, another deadline met. For a moment, it feels like progress. Read more →
Schedule your HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Today
Don’t wait for a compliance deadline or cyber incident to put your hospital at risk.
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Ask BlueOrange
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Events & Learning Opportunities
Join our upcoming webinars and virtual roundtables.
Virtual CIO Roundtable:
July 16 | LOOK FOR YOUR INVITE VIA EMAIL
These roundtable discussions remain a valuable forum for sharing ideas, learning from peers, and discussing how other organizations address challenges, enhance services, and plan for the future.
ON DEMAND Webinar: Running Endpoint Security at Scale
Listen to CloudWave’s cybersecurity leaders for an in-depth session on how healthcare organizations are turning fragmented alerts into coordinated, real-time response by operationalizing MDR, EDR, and SOC capabilities. LISTEN HERE
Partner & Technology Highlights
Updates from strategic alliances and joint initiatives that extend our capabilities.
CloudWave Ranked #22 on 2026 MSP 501—Tech Industry’s Most Prestigious List of Global Managed Service Providers
Annual MSP 501 Identifies Best of the Best in the Managed Services Industry
“Our placement at #22 on this year’s MSP 501 list is a recognition of what sets CloudWave apart in the MSP landscape: we are 100% focused on healthcare,” said Erik Littlejohn, CEO of CloudWave. Read more →
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