Surging Attack Volume Triggers Sector-Wide Cyber Exposure Alert
Intel Alert
Impacted Domains: Cyber, Operational
Impacted Industries: Healthcare, All Industries
Date: November 19, 2025
Cyberattack volume in October 2025 rose 48% year-over-year, with most activity targeting healthcare and exposing sensitive patient records. (HIPAA Journal, Nov. 18, 2025)
So What: Rapid attack growth heightens exposure for patient data, critical systems, and business continuity — demanding accelerated enterprise controls, identity hardening, and continuous monitoring across clinical and cloud environments.
Risk Value: $15M–$150M in data breach impact, downtime, regulatory penalties, and recovery
Mitigation Cost: $140K–$720K (small/midsize firms depending on maturity and coverage)
What to Do:
Deploy continuous risk intelligence that integrates and correlates data from all cyber and operational monitoring tools to reveal business-critical patterns and escalation paths.
Set up proactive alerts for signs of lateral movement, privilege misuse, and third-party identity access attempts that could threaten patient data or continuity of care.
Automate business impact scoring for any detected cyber event, instantly escalating risks that intersect operational disruption, compliance exposure, or reputational harm.
Provide executive-ready reporting that links cyber incident activity to real financial and service exposure for coordinated, risk-driven response and prioritization.
Risk AIQ Score: 9