Lessons for businesses from the UnitedHealth ransomware attack

In February 2024, healthcare conglomerate UnitedHealth suffered the costliest ransomware attack on a U.S. business in recent memory.

Its recovery expenses are estimated to reach $3.2 billion by the end of 2025, to say nothing of the massive adverse impact its outage had on hospitals, pharmacies and patients across the country. As a result of its serial failures to protect and swiftly restore its critical uptime and sensitive patient data, UnitedHealth now faces scrutiny and financial penalties from federal and state bureaucrats and legislators, compliance regulators and shareholders. 

The incident is a case study of nearly everything that can go wrong in trying to defend against and respond to a ransomware attack, and the many ugly, expensive consequences of those failures. Business leaders should be wondering, “Could we be the next UnitedHealth, and what can we do to prevent that from happening?”

Join experts in cybersecurity and IT operations for a compact analysis of the missteps that led to the UnitedHealth attack and its aftermath – from failures to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities, to the inability to detect and stop the attack in progress, to the snail’s-pace recovery. We’ll also look at the measures your business can take to stop incidents like the one that brought UnitedHealth down and to recover swiftly from the cyberattacks that eventually and inevitably will get through. 

·       Welcome and introduction

·       Examination of the UnitedHealth ransomware attack and its aftermath

·       Walk-through of a 12-step plan to build cyber resilience against similar attacks

·       A brief demo of the Acronis solution for businesses

·       Live audience Q&A

Learn how you can protect your business from becoming the next UnitedHealth. Sign up for this complimentary virtual conference today.