Securing Healthcare’s Cloud Future: A New Blueprint for Protection

LAS VEGAS, NV – December 01, 2025 – The healthcare industry's migration to the cloud is no longer a future trend; it is a present-day reality, accelerating at an unprecedented pace. From managing electronic health records (EHRs) and powering telehealth platforms to running complex genomic sequencing and AI-driven diagnostics, the cloud is the new backbone of modern medicine. However, this digital transformation carries immense risk. The sensitive nature of Protected Health Information (PHI) makes healthcare a prime target for cyberattacks, with breaches capable of crippling hospital operations and eroding patient trust. Addressing this challenge requires security solutions that are not only powerful but also accessible, scalable, and operationally efficient—a tall order for an industry often constrained by tight budgets and limited IT resources.

At AWS re:Invent 2025, a landmark announcement from cybersecurity leader CrowdStrike, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), offered a compelling new blueprint for how healthcare organizations can navigate this complex landscape. By simplifying deployment, introducing flexible pricing, and deepening technical integrations for its flagship security products on AWS, CrowdStrike is aiming to dismantle the very barriers that have historically kept premier cybersecurity out of reach for many.

Democratizing Advanced Protection for Patient Data

For years, deploying a sophisticated Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system—a critical tool for monitoring and analyzing security data across an enterprise—has been a monumental undertaking. The process was often characterized by high upfront costs, lengthy and complex implementation cycles, and the need for a highly specialized team to manage it. This reality effectively excluded many smaller clinics, research institutions, and health-tech startups from accessing the same level of protection as large, well-funded hospital networks.

CrowdStrike’s latest initiative directly confronts these pain points. The company is now the first cybersecurity partner to offer an enhanced SaaS Quick Launch in the AWS Marketplace for its Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM. This provides a guided, automated setup that connects directly to core AWS security services like AWS CloudTrail, AWS Security Hub, and Amazon GuardDuty. What once took weeks of manual configuration can now be accomplished in minutes, with the system automatically discovering data sources and ingesting telemetry.

This streamlined onboarding is coupled with a transformative pay-as-you-go consumption model for both Falcon Next-Gen SIEM and Falcon Cloud Security. Instead of a massive capital expenditure, organizations can now start protecting their AWS workloads immediately, pay only for what they use, and scale their security footprint as their operations grow. This shift from capital expense to operational expense is a game-changer for healthcare finance departments, aligning security costs directly with cloud usage and making advanced protection financially viable for organizations of all sizes.

“CrowdStrike and AWS are transforming how security is delivered in the cloud,” said Daniel Bernard, chief business officer at CrowdStrike. “Together, we’re removing friction so customers can innovate fearlessly, accelerate outcomes, and stop breaches faster.” For a healthcare provider, innovating fearlessly means adopting new AI diagnostic tools or expanding telehealth services without the paralyzing fear of a data breach.

Supercharging Threat Response with Real-Time Data and Efficiency

In a clinical environment, speed is everything. A delay in threat detection can be the difference between isolating a ransomware attack and having an entire hospital's IT system taken offline, forcing patient diversions and cancellations of critical procedures. Yet, many traditional security systems operate on batch processes, introducing a dangerous lag between an event and its detection.

The new integrations announced by CrowdStrike are designed to eradicate this latency. By leveraging Amazon EventBridge, detections from AWS services now stream into the Falcon platform in real-time. This means that when Amazon GuardDuty flags a suspicious activity, security teams are alerted instantly, enabling immediate investigation and automated response. This moves the security posture from reactive to proactive, a critical evolution for protecting live patient care environments.

Furthermore, the collaboration tackles one of the biggest cost and complexity challenges in security: data management. Security systems generate a deluge of log data, and ingesting all of it into a traditional SIEM for analysis can be prohibitively expensive. CrowdStrike is introducing new federated search capabilities via Amazon Athena, which allows organizations to store their vast archives of security data in the more cost-effective Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and query it in place. Security teams can now conduct deep forensic investigations or perform compliance audits on years of data without the costly step of re-ingesting or duplicating it. This AWS-optimized approach delivers the comprehensive visibility needed to stop breaches without the exorbitant price tag, a crucial balance for budget-conscious healthcare CIOs.

“With CrowdStrike’s enhanced onboarding experience in AWS Marketplace, we’re making it seamless for customers to connect Falcon Next-Gen SIEM to critical AWS services,” noted Matt Yanchyshyn, vice president of marketplace at AWS, highlighting that the combination of guided setup and flexible pricing allows customers to "deploy protection faster than ever."

A Unified Front to Secure Healthcare’s Digital Transformation

Perhaps the most strategic element of the announcement is the formation of a powerful tripartite alliance. The partnership now includes not only the leading cybersecurity vendor (CrowdStrike) and the dominant cloud provider (AWS) but also a global implementation powerhouse: Accenture. As the inaugural launch partner, Accenture will help organizations—particularly large, complex healthcare systems—accelerate the adoption of Falcon Next-Gen SIEM and optimize data integrations across their hybrid environments.

Accenture's involvement is a significant signal to the market. Large enterprises in regulated industries like healthcare rely on trusted consulting partners to guide their digital transformation journeys. By bringing Accenture into the fold, the alliance provides an end-to-end solution: best-in-class technology from CrowdStrike and AWS, coupled with the strategic planning, implementation, and managed services expertise of Accenture. This addresses a critical gap, ensuring that technology adoption translates into tangible security outcomes.

“Clients are looking to modernize their security operations with cloud-scale visibility, rapid speed, and streamlined simplicity,” said Rex Thexton, chief technology officer for Accenture’s cybersecurity practice. “By partnering with CrowdStrike and AWS, we’re enabling organizations to unify security data, leverage AI-driven insights, and transform how they detect, investigate, and respond to cyber threats across their entire digital estate.”

This unified front is essential for helping healthcare organizations move away from a fragmented collection of point security products—a common vulnerability—and toward a consolidated, AI-native platform. For an industry entrusted with our most personal data and our very well-being, building such a resilient and intelligent security foundation is not just a business imperative; it is a fundamental requirement for the future of care delivery.