CloudWave, the expert in healthcare data security, today announced it has become an Enhanced Business Associate Member of the Iroquois Healthcare Association (IHA). IHA is a regional healthcare trade organization representing more than 50 hospitals and health systems across 32 counties in Upstate New York, spanning nearly 28,000 square miles.

IHA is a leading resource for facilities and professionals bringing quality healthcare to the region. IHA serves its members and communities through advocacy, education and information, cost-saving initiatives, and innovative business solutions.

As an Enhanced Business Associate Member, CloudWave's services will be accessible to IHA’s hospitals and health systems through group purchasing. IHA provides this service to help reduce operating costs and enhance operational performance for its more than 900 healthcare members, including hospitals, nursing homes, surgery centers, clinical laboratories, imaging centers, physician groups, and other providers in New York and surrounding states. This new partnership with IHA will further strengthen CloudWave's ability to support healthcare providers in ensuring the security and reliability of their critical healthcare IT systems and the protection of patient safety.

This encompasses CloudWave’s industry-leading cybersecurity, cloud hosting, backup, and recovery solutions, including:

• Cloudwave’s Sensato Cybersecurity-as-a-Service: The fully integrated and managed cybersecurity platform protects healthcare organizations from cyberattacks and alleviates the burden on healthcare IT teams. The 24x7 Cybersecurity Tactical Operations Center monitors a healthcare organization’s networks and medical devices, helping them to comply with best practices, detect threats and attacks, and respond swiftly to incidents. This integrated approach offers many benefits, enhancing hospitals' overall cybersecurity posture.
• OpSus Backup: A fully managed backup-as-a-service offering for the healthcare enterprise designed to alleviate the burden of performing, validating, and troubleshooting backups. 
• OpSus Recover Restores data to a cloud environment in the event of a natural disaster, business disruption, or cybersecurity event where facilities become unavailable. It provides temporary remote operations and access to hosted systems, enabling business continuity until the organization's data center operations and data can be restored. 
• Sensato MD: Secures medical devices and protects patients with a single solution. 
• Cybersecurity Advisory Services: Penetration testing, tabletop simulations, threat detection, incident response, threat intelligence, and compliance management.

“As an Enhanced Associate Business Member of the Iroquois Healthcare Association, CloudWave is proud to further its commitment to protecting critical healthcare IT systems,” said Kate Macaleer, vice president of Alliances at CloudWave. “This partnership will enable us to provide our industry-leading cybersecurity, cloud hosting, backup, and recovery solutions to a broader network of healthcare providers, helping to fortify the industry against increasing cyber threats and protect patient care.”

CloudWave is also an Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO). This unique status allows CloudWave to share threat intelligence with the Department of Homeland Security, FDA, and others. Its Memorandum of Understanding with the FDA further enables CloudWave to evaluate threats to medical devices and provide guidance. CloudWave freely shares its expertise, knowledge, and advice through ongoing education and threat intelligence alerts for healthcare through its Cybersecurity Insider Program.