Healthcare organisations operate in one of the most demanding cyber security environments in UK Critical National Infrastructure. Bridewell’s 2026 research explores how sensitive patient data, critical service delivery, legacy systems and rapid digital transformation are reshaping cyber risk across the sector.
What You’ll Learn
Healthcare organisations face a unique combination of high-value data, clinical dependency, complex technology environments and growing regulatory pressure. This report examines how those challenges are affecting cyber strategy, incident response, operational resilience and the secure adoption of emerging technologies.
Inside the report, discover:
- Why healthcare organisations report the highest concern around data protection and privacy across all CNI sectors.
- How phishing, business email compromise, malware, ransomware and supply chain attacks continue to expose healthcare environments.
- Why IT disruption remains the most significant consequence of cyber attacks, affecting nearly half of healthcare organisations.
- How revenue loss, operational disruption, data loss and supply chain disruption are creating wider pressure across clinical and operational services.
- Why healthcare organisations report some of the fastest incident response times across CNI, yet still face a persistent gap between response speed and attacker speed.
- How legacy systems, connected devices, cloud platforms and fragmented data environments are expanding the healthcare attack surface.
- Why confidence remains uneven around cyber security measures for data protection, breach notification and third-party due diligence.
- How AI adoption is introducing new questions around data access, governance, monitoring and security-by-design.
- Why moving beyond compliance will be critical to building a more secure, resilient and effective healthcare system.
