Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) in Healthcare: Mitigating Threats on Critical Devices

Anjan Kumar Gundaboina ()

Journal of Technology and Systems, 2025, vol. 7, issue 4, 50 - 65

Abstract: Purpose: This paper aims to identify the strategies for designing, implementing, and evaluating EDR in the safety of mission-critical medical devices and workstations in healthcare environments. Methodology: The exercise involved installing EDR elements throughout a sample of health organization’s endpoints and using bots to stage select cyber threats. This way, the methodology provides controlled exposure to real-life attack scenarios to assess the detection, response time and impact on the system. Findings: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions are gradually rising as preventive security measures in response to such new-age threats. With these characteristics, EDR programs are a more advanced form of AV tools as they provide endpoints with real-time monitoring, context-aware detection, automated action, and investigation across numerous phases. The given study depicts how EDR platforms make dwell time low, detect advanced threats in real time, and isolate the affected devices to prevent disruptions in healthcare facilities. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study pleas for the systematic integration of EDR into the healthcare cybersecurity frameworks as a cornerstone to the security of the healthcare system and the patient.

Keywords: Healthcare; Cybersecurity; Endpoint Detection and Response; Medical Devices; Ransomware; Real-Time Monitoring; Internet of Medical Things. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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