According to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, healthcare is the #1 targeted industry for cyberattacks today. Epic Electronic Health Systems (EHS) is a Tier 0 application foundational to hospital operations—so disruptions to Epic EHS can severely impact patient care, safety, and hospital functions.
A successful attack on Epic EHS can lead to significant financial and regulatory challenges. So Rubrik Security Cloud (RSC) is addressing these challenges head-on with the Healthcare Dashboard for Epic EHS. Purpose-built for the complexities of healthcare IT, this dashboard provides Epic admins with the tools and insights they need to ensure data resilience, maintain compliance, and handle the demands of an evolving healthcare environment.
Challenges in Protecting Epic EHS
Epic admins face a growing set of challenges as they work to safeguard their systems:
High Volume, High Stakes Data: Epic databases, including the IRIS Operational Database (ODB), often exceed 10 TB, with some environments scaling up to 140 TB. These databases grow 20-50% annually due to acquisitions and consolidations.
Daily Backup Monitoring: Reliable backups are critical to preventing data loss, especially during cyberattacks. Admins must ensure backups are performant, scalable, and error-free during upgrades or rapid data growth.
Compliance Pressure: Twice-yearly restore testing is required to verify backup integrity, and compliance must be demonstrated to auditors, especially in light of high-profile healthcare breaches.
These operational and regulatory requirements place a heavy burden on Epic admins, who must manage IRIS ODB backups alongside analytics workloads (Clarity & Caboodle databases) and file repositories (Web BLOB), and continuously monitor the security status of these applications.
How the Rubrik Healthcare Dashboard Supports Epic Admins
The Rubrik Healthcare Dashboard is designed specifically to address these challenges by providing:
Centralized Visibility Across Critical Applications
The dashboard consolidates backup and protection of diverse Epic workloads, including IRIS ODB, Clarity, Caboodle, and Web BLOB. Admins can monitor all critical backups in one place, reducing complexity and saving valuable time.Performance Monitoring for Better Backups
Backup performance is at the heart of operational success. The dashboard tracks key metrics, highlights any deviations during code upgrades, and ensures backups remain scalable and reliable—even with rapid data growth.Historical Data and Compliance Assurance
With built-in tools to track historical performance, the dashboard simplifies twice-annual restore testing and offers detailed insights for audits. Admins can easily confirm compliance, giving them peace of mind in a highly regulated environment.End-to-End Validation
Unique to Rubrik, the dashboard integrates internal fileset validation, offering end-to-end assurance of backup integrity. This feature ensures that admins can trust their backups to meet the rigorous demands of healthcare IT.
Why This Matters
With Healthcare Dashboard for Epic, admins can monitor the data security status of all their critical Epic apps from a single location. They can conveniently highlight anomalies and ensure business RPOs, even as data continues to grow.
Epic admins are focused on delivering better backups that are reliable, scalable, and aligned with the unique needs of healthcare. The Rubrik Healthcare Dashboard enhances their ability to manage the protection of these workloads effectively, minimize risks, and ensure compliance.
By grouping workloads as an “Epic application,” the dashboard gives organizations a holistic view of all the existing and new data across Epic workloads on a single pane of glass, so no data is left unprotected.
Supporting Healthcare Resilience
The Rubrik Healthcare Dashboard reflects our commitment to empowering healthcare organizations with tools that ensure cyber resilience and operational continuity. By safeguarding Tier 0 applications like Epic EHS, hospitals can continue to provide uninterrupted patient care, even in the face of cyber threats.
Ready to Learn More?
Discover how Rubrik Security Cloud can enhance your Epic EHS environment. Schedule a demo today to see the Healthcare Dashboard in action and start your journey toward cyber resilience.