Case Study: Healthcare Organizations Stop Malware Damage and Protect Patient Data with Nyotron's PARANOID

Healthcare Organizations Can’t Stop All Malware, But They Can Stop the Damage

Healthcare Organization faced rampant breaches (Ponemon: 90% of healthcare orgs breached; 45% had more than five breaches), valuable PHI/PII at risk, aging legacy systems and a cybersecurity talent shortage. To address these challenges, the Healthcare Organization deployed Nyotron’s PARANOID OS‑Centric Positive Security to shift the focus from preventing all intrusions to stopping the damage those intrusions can cause.

Nyotron implemented PARANOID to map legitimate OS behavior and block malicious actions in real time—preventing data exfiltration, data corruption, encryption/deletion, lateral movement and command‑and‑control communications—while working alongside existing antivirus and next‑generation AV. The result from Nyotron is autonomous, low‑overhead defense with fewer false positives, effective compensating controls for unsupported systems, and measurable prevention of data exfiltration and encryption attempts that reduce operational disruption.